LGBTQ+ people and cancer
This booklet is for people who are LGBTQ+. It has information about navigating healthcare, cancer, and cancer treatment.
This booklet is for people who are LGBTQ+. It has information about navigating healthcare, cancer, and cancer treatment.
About this booklet
Sexual orientation and gender identity should not affect your access to the right healthcare. But we know that sometimes LGBTQ+ people may face extra challenges in getting the right help. This booklet has information about navigating healthcare, cancer and treatment.
We developed this information in partnership with OUTpatients (formerly called Live Through This). OUTpatients is a cancer support and advocacy charity for the LGBTIQ+ community. They provide a safe space for anybody who identifies as part of the queer spectrum and has had an experience with any type of cancer at any stage from testing, diagnosis, treatment, remission to long-term care.
You can read our online information about LGBTQ+ people and cancer treatment and transgender and non-binary people and cancer.
Visit our Support for LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer page to read stories from LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer, and find links to the LGBTQ+ forum on Macmillan’s Online Community.
We want everyone affected by cancer to feel our information is written for them. To do this we use plain English and we try to make it accessible and relevant to the widest range of people. Read more about how we produce our information.
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