Staci was denied access to medical care because she is a lesbian. Protected access to care and other basic freedoms are missing for millions of LGBTQ+ people in 29 states. It’s time to pass the Equality Act.
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i just like to work with my hands and
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be busy i like to be busy and
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i like to you know
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work with boats and old cars
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i had uh some head pain
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and uh been referred to a
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neurologist
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well she noticed my wife sitting there
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and
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she just took like you know two steps
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back
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and uh
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as soon as she realized
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that we were a married couple and we
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were two lesbians in her office
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she i knew we weren’t going to get
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i wasn’t going to get any treatment from
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her
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and i was not going to get good medical
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care i saw that as a doctor taking away
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my
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right to access healthcare
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after that i was really worried and
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where was i going to get help
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because i had this severe pain in my
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head
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and i still had no answers
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i couldn’t turn my neck
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i had to go to work every day i had a
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family to support
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and i was no closer to any answers
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i was discharged in
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march of 1997
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from the reserves
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um
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i mean i serve for these freedoms for
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everybody
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i mean people are serving for these
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freedoms now
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i mean you can be gay you can be a
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lesbian you can be in the service
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everybody gets these freedoms but really
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in the eyes of half of this country we
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are not all equal
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and if the equality act passes doctors
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would have to treat
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gay people everywhere
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imagine that
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you
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