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So ­ you're looking for a lesbian internist with special
expertise in anal fisting (or a gay ear-nose-and-throat doc
who's not freaked out by your nineteen facial piercings,
or a het female chiropractor who compliments your
hummingbird tattoo with every thrust, or whatever).
Or are you?
Is it really critical that you find a practitioner who's
a close match for you in terms of gender, age, sexual
orientation, politics or religion? Or is it more important to
find someone who's nonjudgmental about your various
sexual practices and your lifestyle? How about someone
who knows a lot about sex and associated problems, who's
a good listener and who's willing to learn more about
anything she doesn't already know about? Or how about
a nice doctor, who will squeeze you in when it's really
important, who teaches you something at every visit, who
always seems to know the newest medical stuff that just
Portrait of a Sex-Positive
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