Health related behaviors and cancer screening of lesbians: Results from the Boston lesbian health project

The purpose of this article is to present data on lesbian health-related an d cancer screening behavior. This is an area in which not a great deal of d ata exist and which is particularly interesting in view of previous data su ggesting that lesbians do not seek routine services because of a fear of ho mophobia. This paper discusses a portion of a larger survey completed by a national community-based lesbian sample. The results show that the lesbians in this sample have healthy behaviors in general and utilize routine healt h screening. There is some indication that alcohol use is heavier in this s ample than among women in general, an area that warrants further investigat ion.