Women who identified as lesbians have a 2.5‐fold increased...

Women who identified as lesbians have a 2.5‐fold increased likelihood of BV compared with heterosexual women. The prevalence is slightly lower than clinic‐based studies and as volunteers were recruited in community settings, this figure may be more representative of lesbians who attend gay venues. Higher concordance of vaginal flora within lesbian partnerships may support the hypothesis of a sexually transmissible factor or reflect common risk factors such as smoking.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2598706/

Posted in the interests of ''Gender Equality''.