Fast Facts
HPV matters for everyone, but the LGBTQ community experiences health care disparities.
- LGBT youth are more likely to be sexually active, to have earlier sexual debut (before age 13), and have 4 or more sexual partners.
- LGBT youth were about half as likely to have used a condom at last intercourse (35.8% vs 65.5%).
- HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM) are 80 times more likely to develop anal cancer than HIV negative men.
- Lesbian and bisexual women are up to 10 times less likely to have cervical screening.
- Only 27% of trans men reported a pap smear in the previous year
For Patients, Providers & Allies
Resource Links
- Find an LGBTQ+ health care provider.
- Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People
- National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- National LGBT Cancer Network Website
- Anal Dysplasia and Cancer in At-Risk Groups: What Providers Need to Know
- Self-Swabs Are Viable HPV Screening Options For Transmasculine Patients, Study Shows
- Promoting Cervical Cancer Screening Among Lesbians and Bisexual Women
- I am on the FTM Spectrum... What Do I Need to Know About HPV and Cancer?
Lesbians Need Paps Too (pdf) Rack card from Team Maureen
Improving LGBTQ Care (pdf)A Booklet from Team Maureen
HPV Brochure (pdf) Reproducable brochure from Team Maureen
Glossary of Terms (pdf) Glossary of LGBTQIA+ Terms