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Queering global health: an urgent call for LGBT+ affirmative practices
Suntosh R Pillay1, Joachim M Ntetmen2, Juan A Nel3
1King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex, Durban, South Africa; Department of Psychiatry, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Abstract:
This Viewpoint was submitted in response to the call for papers on the theme "What is wrong with global health?". We answer the question simply: global health under-represents the experiences of LGBT+ people. Queer contexts are missing from the pages of this journal-a strange exclusion given the journal's commitment to diversity and inclusion of marginalised voices. Indeed, there is a general neglect within global health scholarship of the intersection between health inequities and LGBT+ populations in low-income and middle-income countries in Africa. This Viewpoint discusses the utility of LGBT-affirmative scholarship developed in South Africa, and its use and application in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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