For lesbians, bisexual women and trans women, discussing sexual health and wellbeing can be difficult. Health professionals frequently make heteronormative and cis-normative assumptions which often lead to big misunderstandings and inappropriate curiosity. As queer women, this can make seeing a doctor about our sexual health a hugely uncomfortable experience.
The classic situation of being asked what contraception we use while sexually active, and the horror on the doctor’s face when we say “none”, is one we know all too well. On the other end of the spectrum, we’re still too often sold the illusion that sex with other women poses no or low sexual health risks for us. Sorry to break it to you, but there are many.