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Title: Queer women need paps too
Post by: Allamakee on January 03, 2010, 07:33:04 PM
Post by: Allamakee on January 03, 2010, 07:33:04 PM
Queer women need paps too
Xtra!
by Allison Martell
December 21, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Queer_women_need_paps_too-8038.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Queer_women_need_paps_too-8038.aspx)
"In the medical community, as well as among women themselves, the message is out there that if you're not having heterosexual sex, then you don't need a pap test," says Sarah Hobbs, executive director of PPT.
But that is way off. The government's Ontario Cervical Screening Program guidelines say clearly that women who sleep with women need regular screening. And while the guidelines are not explicitly trans inclusive, trans men also need pap tests.
That's why on Jan 11, the Sherbourne Health Centre will launch a separate campaign for trans men, Check It Out Guys.
Xtra!
by Allison Martell
December 21, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Queer_women_need_paps_too-8038.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Queer_women_need_paps_too-8038.aspx)
"In the medical community, as well as among women themselves, the message is out there that if you're not having heterosexual sex, then you don't need a pap test," says Sarah Hobbs, executive director of PPT.
But that is way off. The government's Ontario Cervical Screening Program guidelines say clearly that women who sleep with women need regular screening. And while the guidelines are not explicitly trans inclusive, trans men also need pap tests.
That's why on Jan 11, the Sherbourne Health Centre will launch a separate campaign for trans men, Check It Out Guys.
Title: Re: Queer women need paps too
Post by: myles on January 03, 2010, 09:59:25 PM
Post by: myles on January 03, 2010, 09:59:25 PM
So do FTM's that still have those parts. Took my SO forever (3 months) to try and get that through for insurance reasons. "But mam how can your husband need a papsmear?".
Myles
Myles