Results for: bisexual
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9 LGBTQ People Speak Out About Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder
The following are stories from LGBTQ people living with PMDD — how it manifests for us, what helps and what doesn’t help, and any challenges or opportunities we have found in seeking help.Â
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Building a Better Speculum: How Design That’s Inclusive of Queer and Trans People Can Change Reproductive Care
The speculum hasn’t been meaningfully redesigned since the 1800s. These three women are working to change that, but they have a ways to go, needing to overcome medical barriers and focus on better health for queer and trans people. The good news? We can help!
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10 Super-Successful Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Celebrities With Depression
Famous people: when it comes to mental health, a lot of them are just like us!
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Study Shows Lesbian, Bi Women Aim To Be Healthier, Not Thinner
Researchers helped older lesbian and bi women adopt healthier habits when the focus wasn’t on weight loss.
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Bisexual Women’s Mental Health Remains Poor, So What Do We Do?
Studies like this are vital, even if they all say the same depressing thing, because they force people to confront the real impacts of biphobia and discrimination.
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Daily Fix: Black Lives Matter Calls on Hillary to Stand with Black Trans Women and More News
The Black Lives Matter movement also repudiated the Democratic National Committee’s endorsement, a Maryland judge refuses to drop charges against the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, a professor received a grant to study health in bisexual women and more news stories.
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Gal Pals, Community, Money, Marriage, Bike-Riding and Acceptance Make LGBTQ Women Feel Healthier
Welcome to the first in a series of exciting discoveries from our survey of over 4,000 Autostraddle readers over the age of 29.
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Bisexual Health Is The Worst Of the LGBQ Community and This Month We Need To Talk About It
Oh hey, the Bisexual Resource Center wants to talk to you about issues affecting the bisexual community and how you can get involved.
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What Planned Parenthood Means to LGBT Women: The Roundtable
Autostraddle and A-Camp staff and family members are here to talk about what PP means to us as LGBT folks, and why we need it to be around for a very, very long time.
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Daily Fix: Insurance Companies Really Have to Cover Your Birth Control Now and More News Stories
Governor Cuomo issues emergency measures for nail salons, the Obama administration clarifies what birth control is covered under the Affordable Care Act, a trans woman is suing Barnes & Noble and more news stories!
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Daily Fix: This Straight Couple Will Divorce If That’s What it Takes to Save Marriage and More News Stories
Eric Casebolt of McKinney is resigning, Apple’s new period-inclusive HealthKit, India has its first lesbian couple in a commercial, abortion access restrictions being upheld in Texas, and more!
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Why You Should Care About Lesbian Safer Sex (And What To Do About It)
If sexual health isn’t relevant to your interests yet, it should be.
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The Kyriarchy Is Killing Us: Survey Says LGBT Women Poorer, Less Healthy Than Everyone Else
Recently-released survey results from the Gallup Well-Being Project spotlighted the differences between LGBT and non-LGBT men and women’s physical, social, financial, and community well-being, and they didn’t paint a pretty picture for LGBT women across geographic and demographic lines.
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When It Comes To Orgasms, Research Shows Lesbians Are Tops
A new report from the Kinsey Institute shows that lesbians are more likely to have orgasms than straight women, and less likely to be unable to orgasm.
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Domestic Violence Is Even Worse Than You Thought, And Isn’t Being Asked About Enough
Women in the U.S. who have experienced domestic violence are more likely to have chronic health conditions. Healthcare professionals are still failing to adequately recognise and treat harm caused by domestic abuse.
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Scientists Find Lesbians, Bisexuals On the Telephone
No reports yet as to whether or not they have been found on the moon.
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Health Care: Hard for LGBT People, Hardest for LGBT Old People
Despite some recent improvements, doctors still don’t know what do to with gay and trans people. And it gets worse as you age.
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How (Not) to Quit Smoking: What Will Occupy Your Lesbian Hands?
Lesbians and bisexual women are 2-3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes regularly than straight people, which might be one of the 46 reasons I’m finding it hard to quit.
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Finally, A Study On Queer Latinas
Latina queers exist, believe it or not. And we’re having some trouble here. This time, though, we’re less alone.
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LGBTQ Health: NYC Doctors Will Be Trained to Stop Assuming You Have a Boyfriend
The “To Treat Me, You Have to Know Who I Am” program will teach healthcare professionals how to deal with LGBTQ patients. How does your doctor do?