Anti-homophobia training should be provided to health-care workers to mitigate same-gender and HIV-related stigma

By Stabroek News On In Letters to the Editor |

Dear Editor,

SASOD joins with other organisations and countries (including Cuba and Costa Rica) around the world to commemorate May 17 as International Day Against Homophobia. This day is the anniversary on which the World Health Organisation removed ‘homosexuality’ as a mental disorder marking a formal end to medical homophobia.

This year, SASOD observes International Day Against Homophobia under the theme ‘Homophobia: Impeding access to health education and services for all Guyanese.’