Ideally, you should be asked about your sexuality and sexual function as part of the fact finding process because it makes a difference to things like treatment choices and the support you might need, but rather few hospitals do this. Not all clinicians are comfortable talking about sex of any type, mostly out of fear of being asked some question which they can't answer, rather than being homophobic, but many will talk. You should be able to be referred to an ED clinic or Andrology too.
Do any of your clinicians wear NHS Rainbow badges or rainbow lanyards? That's them saying they're happy to talk about issues particularly relevant to LGBTQ+ patients, and in some hospitals (particularly those who were part of the NHS Rainbow badge program), they have had training in this.
You should be able to raise this with your consultant. He might not be able answer your questions, but it shouldn't damage your relationship with him. You might find it easier to bring it up with your clinical nurse specialist.
There are a couple of LGBTQ+ prostate cancer support groups; one in South London, and the other in Manchester, although they both do meetings on Zoom.
London: Metro Walnut
Manchester: Out with Prostate Cancer
They both meet first Saturday of the month on Zoom, so you can only do one or the other on Zoom! The London one also holds an in-person meeting on 3rd Sat of the month, and the Manchester one is hybrid - both Zoom and in-person.
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