The LGBTQ community needs health care providers to open their eyes and commit to our health, well-being, and healing. We need them to be aware of our history and the reasons why so many of us don't trust that doctors and nurses will treat us with respect. We need them to refuse to go along with historic or religiously based attitudes that belie our humanity. We need them to embrace their role as a positive, powerful force in mitigating the discrimination and shame felt by patients. Seeing and healing this foundational pain is the first step to our health and wellness today.