Educating
De-shaming
Celebrating queer joy
Doctor Gay UK
Doctor Gay UK is the social tag for Dr Mark Perera - he/him.
Dr Mark is an actively practicing General Practitioner (GP / Primary Care Physician) in London UK with a specialist interest in LGBTQ+ care
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About Me
Doctor who believes in freedom for consenting adults
Queer who believes shame is a social construct
Person of colour who believes in equality
Qualifications
- MBBS BSc (medical degree from University College London)
- MRCGP (member of the Royal College Of General Practitioners)
Background
Dr Mark was born and raised in London. He is the son of a nurse mum and computer processor dad, both born in Sri Lanka #ProudPersonOfColour 🤎
He speaks English, Sinhalese and has been learning Spanish on Duo Lingo for 4 years 🇬🇧 🇱🇰 🇪🇸
Work
When not making content, Dr Mark splits his work:
- NHS GP in clinic and urgent care centres
- Men’s Health & LGBTQ+ Clinical Lead for the leading UK health brand
- Charity work for
- Impulse London (part of AIDS Health Foundation globally)
- GLADD - the Association of LGBTQ+ Doctors & Dentists
TesticulART Gallery
Summary
TesticulART is Dr Mark’s 1-week pop-up art exhibition of bejazzled balls for Men's Health Awareness Month (November). In 2023, the gallery had over 500 visitors including Russell Tovey from @talkart. Dr Mark is currently werrrrking on his new collection 🍒
Dr Mark‘s Take Home Message
Physical health - normalise self-examination
Sexual health - encourage regular testing (and never forget the balls!)
Mental health - celebrate body positivity and don‘t be afraid to talk about b be
Backstory
When a man sits in a specific seated posture, it's seldomly noted that the testicles naturally form a heart shape. This was the initial inspiration for the collection, sometimes art has to be provocative to raise Men’s Health Awareness.
Testicles always get a bad rep for being ugly. Dr Mark wanted to flip this perspective and created this ballsy collection 💁♀️
M.A.R.K. Project
The M.A.R.K. Project =
The Make Acts of Random Kindness Project
Dr Mark noticed that in some communities in clinic/hospital, there was selective giving of donations/care packages. In the name of their church, there are also content creators giving money to selective groups. Therefore, he thought how about we rebalance and support the sidelined queer people. Simply, queers lifting each other up when we really need help
(no strings/religion attached).
This is new so Dr Mark is planning to start small with cash/food donations and then hopefully build up to buying corrective glasses for colour blind queers and helping pay for devices/study.
This donation pot will be 100% not-for-profit - all donations will go towards queer people. Dr Mark will film and publish any transactions.
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Contact Me
If you want to contact Dr Mark, please email your enquiry to doctorgayuk@gmail.com
Please note:
- All views are Dr Mark’s own views
- Personal medical advice will not be given to prevent ethical and professional conflicts
- Dr Mark works full time so will get back to you as soon as available
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