The lesbian health book Book

	Introduction
	A History of the Lesbian Health Movement	3
	Homophobia and the Health Care System: Solutions for the Future	23
	Butch Identity, Breast Reduction and the Chicago Cubs: The Effect of Gender and Class on Lesbian Access to Health Care	41
	Breast Surgery, the Surgeon's Perspective	56
	The Next Step	68
	Waiting	73
	Handling Your Tumor with Knowledge and Humor	75
	Remember the Place Where Your Soul Lives: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome	83
	Thank You, But: A Love Letter to the Well-Intentioned	102
	Long Time Cumming: Notes on Chronic Illness, Sexuality, Shame and Desire	106
	Eyes: Graves' Disease	114
	Surviving, Stepping and Living with Multiple Sclerosis	122
	Bleeding Peaches	132
	The Story of a Lesbian with AIDS	148
	Lesbian Denial and Lesbian Leadership in the AIDS Epidemic: Bravery and Fear in the Construction of a Lesbian Geography of Risk	160
	With Child	181
	Choosing Children	189
	My Life as a Volcano	202
	Old Lesbians Come of Age	210
	Leah's Passing	220
	Psychic Scars	233
	A Sense of Well-Being	252
	Awful Lot of Trouble: A Supersize Woman Deals with the Health Care System	265
	Spit and Image: Notes on Black Lesbians, Silence and Harm	274
	Battering: One Woman's Story	284
	Lesbian Health Research: Perspectives from a Research Team	299
	Finding Health Information	321
	The Future of Our Health	351
	Blueprint for the Future: The Lesbian Health Advocacy Movement	362
	Contributors	379
	Index	385
	About the Editors	397