Comments on: Havrede Hill says, “Lesbians, or women who partner with women, are not at an increased risk for breast cancer due to their sexual orientation, but, there are risk factors that must be considered” http://lgbtcancer.com/lesbians-and-breast-cance/ National LGBT Cancer Project -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Cancer Survivor Program Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: HavreDe Hill http://lgbtcancer.com/lesbians-and-breast-cance/comment-page-1/#comment-882 HavreDe Hill Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:35:32 +0000 http://lgbtcancer.com/?p=111#comment-882 I whole-heartedly agree with The LGBT Cancer Project's stance that cautions against behavioral attributes related to an increase in LGBT women's breast cancer incidence without more research. The above comments I made refer to the limited data available and not a blame-the-victim perspective. LGBT women's health in general has been largely under-researched and LGBT women are largely underserved with regard to health care. The institutionalized stigma, homophobia, and heteronormativity are all aspects that contribute widely to a lack of research and access to care for LGBT women's health (I said that too, but that didn't make the news). I whole-heartedly agree with The LGBT Cancer Project’s stance that cautions against behavioral attributes related to an increase in LGBT women’s breast cancer incidence without more research. The above comments I made refer to the limited data available and not a blame-the-victim perspective. LGBT women’s health in general has been largely under-researched and LGBT women are largely underserved with regard to health care. The institutionalized stigma, homophobia, and heteronormativity are all aspects that contribute widely to a lack of research and access to care for LGBT women’s health (I said that too, but that didn’t make the news).

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