Safe Sex
To access this information please click on the links below.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Sexually Transmitted InfectionsSafer Sex for Lesbians
Sexually Transmitted Infections
The STI Buffet Chart (Sexually Transmitted Infections)NHS Sexual Health Information for Women Who Have Sex with Women
A Guide to Preventing HIV for Women Over 40
Website Links
Hassle
Free Clinic Toronto
www.hasslefreeclinic.org
Sexuality
and You
www.sexualityandu.ca
Go
Ask Alice
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Sexuality
Education Resource Centre Manitoba
www.serc.mb.ca
Averting
HIV and AIDS
This site includes graphic photographs to help you identify possible STDs.
www.avert.org
Girl2girl.info
Girl2Girl provides safer sex
information to lesbians, bisexual women and women who have sex with women. The
site includes information on:
- what is safer sex and why bother
having it;
- how to stay safe emotionally
before, during and after sex;
- how to use latex barriers for
safer sex;
- how to reduce the risk of
Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) without using latex;
- what STDs you can catch, how you
can catch them, and how to get rid of them; and
- frequently asked questions
www.girl2girl.info
LESBIAN
STD.com
This website that discusses Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the context of
lesbians.
http://depts.washington.edu/wswstd/index.html
Aids Committee of Toronto
The AIDS Committee
of Toronto (ACT) is a community-based, charitable organization that provides
support, HIV prevention and education services for people living with and at
risk for HIV/AIDS. ACT works with gay and bisexual men, Portuguese-speaking
communities, youth and women at increased risk for HIV infection, to develop
and deliver HIV/AIDS prevention education and outreach programs.
http://www.actoronto.org/
Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network
www.caan.ca
Voices
of Positive Women (VOPW)
VOPW is a community
based, member-driven agency that provides free and confidential support and
advocacy to HIV positive women throughout Ontario.
www.vopw.org
DISCLAIMER: The
information and documents contained in this section are presented for
information purposes only. The material is in no way intended to
replace professional medical care or attention by a qualified
practitioner, and should not replace treatment or be used as a basis
for self-diagnosis.
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