Women who have sex with women

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Women who have sex with women (WSW) is a term used to identify women who have sex with other women, but may or may not self-identify as lesbian or bisexual. The term includes transwomen.

The term is often used in medical literature to describe such women as a group for clinical study, without needing to consider the issues of sexual self-identity.

There has yet to be any validated and verified reports of a WSW contracting HIV strictly with WSW being their only HIV risk activity.^[1] The health needs of WSW likely addresses topics beyond unlikely to be transmitted STDs through WSW acts, such as HIV, but rather focus on addressing the other risk-factors that relate specifically to WSW.^[1] The most common coexisting risk factor for WSW is intravenous drug use, which is a risk factor present in 91% of WSW who contract HIV.^[1] The CDC notes that there is a possibility that HIV could spread through WSW contact, however practically it appears to be extremely small.