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== Obsolescence ==

== Obsolescence ==

The term "gay bowel syndrome" is considered obsolete and derogatory. The ''McGraw-Hill Manual of Colorectal Surgery'' says:

The term "gay bowel syndrome" is considered obsolete and derogatory. The ''McGraw-Hill Manual of Colorectal Surgery'' says:

{{quote|Coined in the pre-HIV era, the term "gay bowel syndrome" comprised a rather unselective potpourri of unusual anorectal and GI symptoms experienced by homosexual males... with better understanding of the underlying causes, this term is outdated: the derogatory terminology should be abandoned and more specific entities and terms recognized and used.<ref name="mgh-handbook">{{cite book|last=Kaiser|first=Andreas|title=McGraw-Hill Manual of Colorectal Surgery|year=2008|pages=205|isbn=0071590706|url=http://books.google.com/?id=bnjWQZAxOZ0C&pg=PA205&dq}}</ref>}}

:'Coined in the pre-HIV era, the term "gay bowel syndrome" comprised a rather unselective potpourri of unusual anorectal and GI symptoms experienced by homosexual males... with better understanding of the underlying causes, this term is outdated: the derogatory terminology should be abandoned and more specific entities and terms recognized and used.<ref name="mgh-handbook">{{cite book|last=Kaiser|first=Andreas|title=McGraw-Hill Manual of Colorectal Surgery|year=2008|pages=205|isbn=0071590706|url=http://books.google.com/?id=bnjWQZAxOZ0C&pg=PA205&dq}}</ref>'

A 1997 article in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' concluded:

A 1997 article in the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' concluded:

{{quote|It is apparent that Gay Bowel Syndrome is an essentialized category of difference that is neither gay-specific, confined to the bowel, nor a syndrome. The use and diagnosis of Gay Bowel Syndrome must be abandoned.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Scarce M |title=Harbinger of plague: a bad case of gay bowel syndrome |journal=J Homosex. |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=1&ndash;35 |year=1997|pmid=9328857 |doi= |url=}}</ref>}}

:'It is apparent that Gay Bowel Syndrome is an essentialized category of difference that is neither gay-specific, confined to the bowel, nor a syndrome. The use and diagnosis of Gay Bowel Syndrome must be abandoned.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Scarce M |title=Harbinger of plague: a bad case of gay bowel syndrome |journal=J Homosex. |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=1&ndash;35 |year=1997|pmid=9328857 |doi= |url=}}</ref>'

==See Also==

==See Also==