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Maria Miller in the Times

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Igneococcus · 28/10/2019 06:08

Sounds confused:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-health-service-is-not-providing-equal-care-to-lgbt-patients-bhh9565jh?shareToken=9105424763cc2bd62e1491cb7bb16caa

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zanahoria · 28/10/2019 08:33

"sounds confused" is generous

sounds like bullshit to me

zanahoria · 28/10/2019 08:31

" If a lesbian or trans man is told that they don’t need to get a cervical smear test, this incorrect information could be potentially fatal."

so when did this ever happen to a lesbian?

why would it happen?

ArnoldWhatshisknickers · 28/10/2019 08:19

If there is a correlation I imagine it is down to the fact that until very recently homosexual people were treated as second class citizens subject to abuse and discrimination and therefore at risk of having unhealthier than average lifestyles.

So nothing to do with lesbians' sexual behaviours, but the treatment they suffer as a result of prejudice.

RoyalCorgi · 28/10/2019 08:11

It’s a misleading statement, implying that the sexuality is the risk factor.

Yes, exactly. The risk factors are the obesity and the smoking, which any good doctor would be taking into account anyway.

Cwenthryth · 28/10/2019 07:43

The lesbian women CVD risk jumped out at me too!

Quick google for some studies

This one of 320 Californian lesbians show they are more likely to be fatter and smoke than their heterosexual sisters

very recent meta analysis seems less convinced that there is a difference

It’s all just correlation though. Even if statistically lesbian/bi women are more likely to have CVD because they are more likely to have lifestyle risk factors like obesity/smoking, surely we should still be ‘screening’ for at-risk women by obesity/smoking, not by who they like to have sex with Confused. It’s a misleading statement, implying that the sexuality is the risk factor.

AnnaMagnani · 28/10/2019 07:28

I've read the report - it has a couple of frustratingly badly referenced statements about different group's health.

Lesbian and bi women being more likely to be obese stood out.

As did gay and bi men being less likely to eat their five a day.

Both of these caused much discussion in our office.

TemporaryPermanent · 28/10/2019 07:24

Just been reading about that. Really interesting. Possible correlation with trauma and neglect.

InfiniteSheldon · 28/10/2019 07:21

That didn't make a lot of senses and used some very dubious 'facts'

TemporaryPermanent · 28/10/2019 07:11

Lesbian and bisexual women are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease? That's new information. Wow. Going to find out more about that.

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