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Gay and lesbian medical rights goes on to explain how to protect your rights using health care directives living wills hospital visitation authorizations wills emergency contact cards dnrs assisted suicide powers of attorney and hipaa consents. In short these rights enable you to speak for your spouse when they are unable to speak for themselves unfortunately these rights and benefits are rarely extended to partners in a gay or lesbian union and as a result many lgbt couples discover they can do little to protect their spouse when that protection is needed most. This discrimination could be based on your sexual orientation who youre attracted to gender identity how you define yourself irrespective of your biological sex gender expression how you express your gender through your clothing hair or make up or sex characteristics for example your genitals chromosomes reproductive organs . They represent a landmark advance in the rights of same sex couples and domestic partners who heretofore had no legal authority to be with a hospitalized partner because they were either not a blood relative or spouse hospitals must now inform patients or an attending friend or family member of their rights to visitors of their choosing