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Feel Like Your Identity Isn't Represented in Health Care? You're Not Alone

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Have you ever been to a health provider who just doesn’t seem to “get you?” Me too, and that’s speaking as a cisgender heterosexual white man living with mental illness — my identity is hardly underrepresented in health care.

However, for people with diverse identities — such as gender, race, sexual orientation, or even age and religion — it can be important to find representation in health care.

For example, Mighty contributor Ameera Ladak wrote in 2020 about how important it is for BIPOC people to feel supported by white therapists.

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