Man Diagnosed With "Chronic" Homosexuality Sues Doctor

[steve2470]

http://gawker.com/man-diagnosed-with-chronic-homosexuality-sues-doctor-1621114712

A 46-year-old Los Angeles man whose "homosexual behavior" is listed on his medical records as a "chronic problem" is suing his doctor and a healthcare network, reports NBC Los Angeles.

Matthew Moore's doctor listed his sexuality as such during a routine physical in April 2013. Moore then confronted his doctor, Elaine Jones, in June 2013 and she explained the description by saying that doctors go "back and forth" regarding classifying homosexuality as a chronic condition.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders once listed homosexuality as a sociopathic personality disturbance. It was later removed from the manual, which sets the standard for the classification of mental disorders in the U.S., in 1974.

According to Moore, after he complained to Jones' healthcare network, Torrance Memorial Physician Network, that homosexuality had been listed as a "chronic condition" on his record, the network apologized and said it would be changed. Ten months later, homosexuality was still on his record, now listed as a "chronic problem." Now Jones and Torrance have a problem of their own: Moore's lawsuit.

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What year is this ? SMDH.

[catrose]

1. 19-zippety-zang

scuse the Archer reference.

And yes, it is horrible about this man's records..

[hughee99]

2. What the fuck is this?

"Are you feeling okay Matt?"
"Sure, it's just my gay acting up again".

It makes me wonder if there's also some sort of recommended "treatment" for this, and if there is, I imagine it's every bit as offensive as the diagnosis.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. "Sure, it's just my gay acting up again"

Did you take your saltpeter?

[eggplant]

19. Ye, I believe the correct treatment is a very large financial settlement.

And possibly license forfeiture.

[justhanginon]

3. I wonder if my Dr. lists me

as having a "straight behavior chronic problem" since I have had it for 77 years. Jeez folks, it's 2014

[RKP5637]

4. Unfit to practice medicine, license should be yanked! n/t

[Ilsa]

5. Well, crap, that means it isn't a routine checkup

if the doctor is coding for a "disease", and then instead of being covered, he has to apply the visit towards his deductible and pay for it out of pocket. I'd sue, too, for the financial reasons as well as the emotional implications.

[Gothmog]

6. Dumb doctor

[jberryhill]

7. is he acute homosexual instead?

[moriah]

17. I bet he's very cute! n/t

[LuvNewcastle]

8. That doctor needs to have her

medical license taken away. There's no excuse for that kind of ignorance today.

[Prophet 451]

9. Doctors don't go "back and forth" on this at all

Homosexuality was delisted in 1974 (and, despite what the right claims, not for political reasons), has never been relisted and probably never will be.

[dbackjon]

10. Someone needs to lose her license

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. Sounds like he caught the homophobes that's been going around. nt

[hifiguy]

12. That klown's medical license needs to be revoked

yesterday and in perpetuity.

[alp227]

14. QUACK! nt

[Thor_MN]

15. He's gay when he is smoking grass?

I always heard that people on weed are happy, never heard that they are gay.

[jmowreader]

16. Gay means happy and happy means gay

When Christmas carolers sing "don we now our gay apparel" they're not discussing assless chaps.

But seriously...chronically gay? Is she saying there's also 24-hour gayness?

[Thor_MN]

20. I also hear that people smoking grass have a sense of humor...

[valerief]

18. The only thing chronic is their homophobia. nt

[ck4829]

21. They're trying to chalk it up a diagnosis code error... What?

There are no diagnosis codes for being gay, chronic or otherwise.

They're just making themselves a bigger hole.