BLACK LESBIAN SUPPORT GROUP

BLSG FALLS UNDER THE LESBIAN SUPPORT  SERVICES (LSP) OF WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC.  SINCE 1990, THE LESBIAN SERVICES PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN'S COMMUNITY.  OVER THE YEARS, LSP HAS CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WOMEN WHO PARTNER WITH WOMEN. THEIR SERVICES INCLUDE HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY, SUPPORT GROUPS AND PEER COUNSELING, PARENTING SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY, AND PRIMARY GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.  THEIR WORK IS DRIVEN BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE GLBT INDIVIDUALS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND INFORMED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND RIGHTS.

LSP SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON A SLIDING FEE BASIS AND INCLUDE PELVIC AND BREAST EXAMS, PAP SMEARS, INSTRUCTIONS ON BREAST SELF-EXAMS, MAMMOGRAM REFERRALS, CONFIDENTIAL HIV/STD SCREENING AND PREGNANCY TEST.

MEDICAL CARE IS PROVIDED BY LESBIAN AND LESBIAN-SENSITIVE PROFESSIONAL WHOSE EXPERTISE MEETS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.