Void in the sphere of wisdom: a distorted picture of homosexuality in medical textbooks.

ABSTRACT

Homosexuality is not a new issue in western medical literature; but an empathetic approach to it in the medical literature in India is a recent phenomenon. Equality in providing healthcare is not being practised, as evidenced by homophobia among doctors, more so in the Indian sub-continent where religious and social biases contribute to denying proper healthcare to the homosexual – as well as the lesbian, bisexual and transgender – community.