Stanford Medical Students Want To Help Gay Patients Be Comfortably 'Out' In Doctor's Office

Every time he goes to a new doctor, Mitchell Lunn faces the question anew: Should he tell his doctor he’s gay? “The question always comes up,” said Lunn, 27, a medical student from North Dakota at the Stanford University School of Medicine. “Do I want to come out or not?” This hesitancy is common with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients when meeting with a doctor for the first time.