text: I used to be an ER nurse and listening to my coworkers trash LGBTQ patients used to infuriate me. So I would always volunteer to care for them. I take care to ask about preferred pronouns and try to provide relevant discharge information. I hope to become a nurse practitioner and focus on providing comprehensive open primary care to LGBTQ community in my area. I live in SC, and we are 44/50 in primary care. And when you look at the WPATH registered providers for our state ... there are no primary care or endocrinologists listed. Just "counselors" most of them social workers.