Goals: to supply information concerning the intimate histories of a big sample of lesbians and bisexual ladies, to share with people who offer healthcare or carry down research with ladies who can be intimately active along with other females.

Design: Cross sectional study.

Setting/subjects: 803 lesbians and bisexual ladies going to, as brand brand new patients, lesbian health that is sexual, and 415 lesbians and bisexual females from a residential area test.

Principal result measures: personal reported history that is intimate intimate training with both male and female lovers.

Outcomes: 98percent for the sample that is whole a history of sex with ladies, 83% inside the previous 12 months, with a median of 1 feminine partner for the reason that 12 months. 85% associated with the test reported activity that is sexual males; for many (70%) this is 4 or maybe more years back. First sexual experience tended become with a person (median 18 years of age), with very first intimate experience with a lady many years later on (median 21 years). Oral intercourse, genital penetration with hands, and mutual masturbation were probably the most commonly reported sexual methods between females.Continue reading→