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The Color of the Skyhttps://www.autostraddle.com/the-color-of-the-sky/?fbclid=IwAR143cwMkEiP1J03oJoAp9NMk1BMUy2jAmtSLtlTsziwPGKP7ltX6lOOiFQ
“I could be anything, my mother taught me. I could be anyone I wanted.
Except for an atheist lesbian. I mean, that wasn’t really on the menu.”

My Doctor Said Lesbians Don’t Need Pap Smears, but She’s Wrong
https://www.autostraddle.com/my-doctor-told-me-i-dont-need-a-pap-smear/?fbclid=IwAR0tUt_3md0KYuy69bB5QukJ0heAXx9JEbGW541kte_6vh4JIoPBIXk1hRk
Visit your doctor. Advocate for yourself. If you feel pressured, have someone with you that you trust to advocate for you! (they can always step out of the room at any point of a health practitioners visit!)
In a perfect world, LGBTQ people would be afforded the same quality of healthcare as cisgender straight people. For now though, this is a fantasy. As this experience taught me, being educated about my body and advocating for myself is crucial.
 
Over the course of 101 years, the nation’s longest-lived lesbian was always out & proud
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/course-101-years-nations-longest-lived-lesbian-always-proud/
Ruth Ellis was an out lesbian activist and a living, breathing reservoir of African-American LGBTQ history. Ellis’ life spanned three centuries, 101 years of change for black LGBT people and women.