URBANA, Ill -- Lesbian moms who are experiencing intimate partner violence are often reluctant to seek help for fear of losing custody of their children, said two University of Illinois professors.

"A lesbian mom's abuse situation is unique in that she fears losing her kids to the biological father or the state instead of the abuser," said Jennifer Hardesty, a U of I associate professor of family studies.

The study, the first to examine help-seeking for intimate partner violence among lesbian or bisexual mothers, appears in the January 2011 issue of Violence Against Women.

According to the LGBT Cancer Project -- Out with Cancer, there is a new study regarding prostate cancer treatment and its effects post cancer sexual activity.

The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia is conducting an international survey of men’s experiences of sexual activity following treatment for prostate cancer.

The aims of this survey include the following:


On Saturday, I am speaking at an event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center called "Lesbians & Breast Cancer: A Town Hall Forum."

Whenever I speak at event specifically for lesbians, this is the first question I am inevitably asked to answer:

Is it true that lesbians are at greater risk of getting breast cancer?

The root of this question dates back to 1993, and a lesbian cancer researcher's hypothesis that lesbians might be two-to-three times more likely to develop breast cancer than heterosexual women.

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