For example. Lambda Legal, a public interest group dedicated to advocating for LGBT rights, conducted a recent survey in which it found that fifty-six percent of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) respondents, seventy percent of transgender respondents, and sixty-three percent of HIV-positive respondents had experienced discriminatory practices, including refusal of needed services, refusals to touch the patient, use of excessive precautions, harsh language from providers, being blamed for health problems, or physical abuse in their health care.