Ok girls, this is for you. I am an NP in a busy Oakland clinic. It comes to my attention all the time that Lesbian women think they do not need yearly GYN (gynecology) exams which should include a breast exam, abdominal exam and complete GYN exam which includes vagina and rectum if over 40, pap/HPV testing! Pap smears are dependent on your history and will not be done on a yearly exam all the time. If you do not have a history of abnormal paps and a (+) HPV (human papilloma virus) which are done together in women over age 26, you can have your pap done every 2-3 years. With a history we follow women yearly with paps/HPV so that we can catch any changes early and fix them. This is the easiest preventible cancer! I will often find things that can easily be taken care of if caught early on a "yearly" routine GYN exam. Prevention is the ticket. This goes for all of us heterosexual/bisexual/lesbian, women. Protect your temple, protect your partners. Be safe, make sure you talk about your sexual history together and don't trust till trust is earned. Use those condoms/female condoms with new partners. "No glove no love." Lenoreable