So... Brian and I needed to go see a doctor for immunizations for our upcoming China trip. Since we just moved, I decided to find a new primary care doctor who took both of our insurance companies and was near our new house. So I found a doctor who fit the bill and made an appointment.
So... the receptionist there turns out to be this flamboyantly gay man-nurse. I didn't really think anything of it at first.
Then the guy sitting next to us in the waiting room starts having a really loud conversation with his boyfriend. Hmmm... now I'm suspicious.
I looked around and realized I was the only female in the packed lobby.
I started eyeing the men one by one for signs of gayness. One guy had on orange shoes and a matching orange shirt. Check, and check. Pretty much all of the guys in the room had something a little gay about them.
It was kinda freaking me out. It felt kinda like when I accidentally walk into Phillipino mass or Latin mass. I felt super out of place, like everyone was wondering what the heck I was doing there.
So when we got in to see the doctor, he looked really gay to me too. I don't know how to describe it. He just kinda had big gay hair and tapered gay pants. Also, his initial reaction to us was that we were both "young and beautiful, so there couldn't possibly be anything wrong with [us]." That sounded a little gay to me.
Then his phone rang. His ringtone was Enya, "Sail Away." Oh yeah, totally gay.
After we left, I asked Brian whether he noticed anything unusual in the doctor's office. Poor guy had no idea. He said he was just sitting there trying to figure out who was voting for McCain and who was voting for Obama.
When I got home, I Googled the doctor along with the word "gay." Sure enough, his office came up on tons of gay resource web sites. On one, it was listed as an HIV Primary Care Center. So... yeah....
Does it make me a bigot if I don't want to go to an HIV Primary Care Center for my primary care needs?
On the one hand, he was smart, and I felt like he knew what he was talking about. On the other hand, we don't have HIV and I'm wondering if the doctor was confused as to why we were there. Should I call him and ask if he only takes HIV patients exclusively?
New Roof - Summer 2019
4 years ago
3 comments:
You should not call him and ask if he's an exclusive HIV doc. You need to feel 100% comfortable with your primary care physician. I will not tell anyone that you are a bigot if you decide not to go back to him...but it my head, I will think that you are. No, seriously, go wherever you want! Your number one concern is your health, not whether you are a bigot...which you clearly are.
As a republican, I like to think of myself as quite knowledgeable on being a bigot. If you didn't want to go back because you were scared or hated gay people, I'd say your a bigot. But HIV has nothing to do with being gay, straight people get it, too, making you not a bigot. So I say you should find a new doctor that you feel more comfortable with unless this one takes care of your needs.
I love that Brian had no idea. What a great guy.
I went to a new doctor once, and every one in the waiting room was like 100 years old. I googled him when I got home and found out his specialty, even though he looked just like Jimmy Smits, was elder care. I totally never went back there again. Although I did have to call him once to call in a prescription.
I know that if you needed primary care for HIV, you would totally go there, gay or no.
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