October 23-29th is Cervical Cancer Awareness Week!

To celebrate, the Bay Centre for Birth Control will be participating in the Pap Test Campaign! The campaign is open to women of all ages. If you have been reluctant to get a pap test, come and see The Bay Centre for client centered sensitive care! All clinicians are female. No appointment or health card is required- all patients will need one form of ID.

The Bay Centre is located at 790 Bay St. on the 8th floor. The drop in hours can be found below:

October 24th: 9am-4:30pm
October 25th: 9am-7:30pm
October 26th: 9am-7:30pm
October 27th: 9am-7:30pm
October 28th: 9am-4:30pm
October 29th: 9am-12:30pm

The campaign is put on by the Federation of Medical Women of Canada and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada with support from the Society of Canadian Colposcopists, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society.

How to order Check It Out campaign materials

Do you want to spread the word that LGBQ women need Pap tests too? Toronto-based organizations can order FREE campaign materials (including shipping costs) such as posters, postcards and brochures by downloading and submitting this order form. For organizations outside of Toronto, please contact Rainbow Health Ontario through Jen Keystone at (416) 324-4100 ext. 5308 or via email at jkeystone@rainbowhealthontario.ca to learn how to order these free materials.

No doctor? No time? No problem.

The Bay Centre for Birth Control at Women's College Hospital is providing queer women focused drop-in hours for Pap tests every Wednesday evening from 4:00 – 7:30pm starting January 6, 2010! No appointment or health card required. Clinicians will be female. Please note these clinics are for Pap tests only. The Bay Centre for Birth Control is located at: 790 Bay St (Southwest corner of Bay and College), 8th floor, Toronto, ON. (416) 351-3700.

It's true: Paps are for lesbian, bisexual, queer, gay and any other women who have sex with women. Basically, if you've ever been sexually active (including oral sex, sex with toys and sex with fingers) and have a cervix, you need a Pap test.

The purpose of this campaign website is to give you and other women who have sex with women more information about what a Pap test is, why queer women need them and how to take care of ourselves and each other.

Love her. Love yourself. Get a Pap.