Lesbian Health

Lesbians are a unique population of women whose specific health care concerns are not often consistently met by our current health care system. Lesbians have seemed invisible within the health care system because they don't necessarily differ from heterosexual women in any obvious ways, and because they may choose not to "come out" and disclose their sexual orientation for any number of reasons. Although studies in lesbian populations are limited, there are indications that depression, …

…research, will help advance scientific knowledge that is also of benefit to other population groups, including rare or hard-to-identify population subgroups and women in general. Works Cited Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. Quarterly. Premier Issue Spring 1997. O'Donnell, Mary, et al. Lesbian Health Matters!: A Resource Book about Lesbian Health. Santa Cruz, CA: Santa Cruz Women's Health Collective, 1979. Stern, Phyllis Noerager, ed. Lesbian Health: What Are the Issues? Washington DC: Taylor and Francis, 1993.