I was listening to my favorite podcast Feast of Fools ( http://www.feastoffools.net/) and they interviewed Dr. Frank Spinelli, a well known medical expert on gay men’s health issues. A practicing physician for over 7 years, Spinelli has gained celebrity status as a medical consultant for Logo Network, MTV, the Today Show, and ABC News. He also authored the book: “The Advocate Guide to Gay Health and Wellness.”
Spinelli actively speaks on HIV prevention and other gay health issues to many groups. He has lectured on such subjects as HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and sexually transmitted diseases. He also has wrote articles for publications like The Blade, Genre, HX and is currently a contributing writer for Instinct Magazine.
In the Feast of Fools interview Spinelli advises gay men:
Dr. Frank says one of the most important things you can do with your doctor is to come out as a gay man. Simply say “Doctor, I’m gay.” But for many of us, we shy away from doing that because we fear being judged or worse, being looked at as a freak because we don’t necessarily share the same sexual orientation as our doctor.
The full interview is available by clicking here: http://www.feastoffools.net/gay-fun-show/2008/07/04/fofa-712-your-gay-doctor-070408/
Spinelli is a native New Yorker and a first genration Italian who lives in Manhattan.
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– Frank Spinelli, M.D.
> There’s a similar story in the book about how a friend of mine
> went to his doctor for something completely unrelated. And the
> doctor on the return visit had done all these sexually
> transmitted disease tests and he was like I just told you I was
> in a ten year relationship that’s monogamous but because he
> revealed to the doctor that he was gay he had done all these
> sexually transmitted disease tests. And it was like wait you’re
> not listening to me.
How about universal testing for STDs and wiping out the epidemics.
For example, more knowledge about people exposed and don’t get
infected would help other people not get infected.