A man is suing a doctor, after he was diagnosed with the “chronic condition” of homosexuality in a routine physical.
Los Angeles-based Michael Moore, 46, said he discovered the note on his medical records after he underwent a physical with Dr Elaine Jones of Torrance Health Association in April last year.
When he noticed the note, he confronted Dr Jones and asked her to remove it, but she defended her diagnosis, claiming the medical community goes “back and forth” on whether homosexuality is considered an illness.
Homosexuality was removed from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in 1973.
Mr Moore claims he was at one point assured that the record had been deleted, to find out later that it was still present.
He said: “It was infuriating. It was painful.
“I gave them chance after chance and this time I’m not going to be silent. My silence would condone this activity.”
“I don’t want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that.”
