Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW) need pap tests too!
In 2007, Planned Parenthood Toronto and Sherbourne Health Centre conducted a community consultation on the sexual and reproductive health needs of WSW. Pap tests emerged as an important issue; many women who have sex with women (WSW) aren’t clear if they need them and neither are their healthcare providers.
So we’re creating a campaign to make sure we all know we need paps and we need your help. Please come to a focus group and tell us what a pap campaign for WSW should look like.
FOCUS GROUPS
-All groups have food at 5:30pm, group runs from 6-8pm
-Food, TTC tokens and a $20 honorarium provided
-Childcare subsidies, interpretation and attendant services available if requested in advance
-Trans women welcome
-All locations are accessible
-Registration required
ASIAN WSW: Tues, Feb 3
Asian Community AIDS Services (Isabella and Yonge)
YOUTH (14-29 yrs) WSW: Thurs, Feb 5
Sherbourne Health Centre (Sherbourne and Carlton)
WSW OF COLOUR: Thurs, Feb 12
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands (Carlton and Yonge)
50+ WSW: Tues, Feb 17
Sherbourne Health Centre (Sherbourne and Carlton)
BUTCH, BOI, MASCULINE IDENTIFIED WSW: Wed, Feb 18
Sherbourne Health Centre (Sherbourne and Carlton)
OPEN (ALL WSW): Thurs, Feb 19
Sherbourne Health Centre (Sherbourne and Carlton)
To register and for more information, contact Cindy from Planned Parenthood Toronto at 416-961-0113 x 123 or cweeds@ppt.on.ca
Don’t want to come to a group but want to share your thoughts?
You can fill out a survey online instead by visiting www.papcampaign.ca
A partnership between:
Planned Parenthood Toronto, Sherbourne Health Centre, Rainbow Health Ontario, Women’s College Hospital, Women’s Health in Women’s Hands, Asian Community AIDS Services and Good for Her.
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two comments
this is so important. so many queer female-assigned friends of mine have been turned down for pap smears because the doctors told them that if they were only have sex with women then they had nothing to be worried about. BS.
Posted by fireeyedgirl
January 26, 2009, 1:20 PM
This is amazing. Thank you for posting!
Posted by Stacey May
January 26, 2009, 4:21 PM
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