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First times: "we ended up kissing"

First time lesbian experience: "we ended up kissing"“I had always been attracted to women, but I never thought I was a lesbian,” says Avni.

At school she had always thought being a lesbian meant “having short hair, wearing oversized boyish clothes, being unusually enthusiastic about the English Premier League and generally being a social outcast”. Part four in our first times series.

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Birth control

birth controlIf you don't want to get pregnant - or get your partner pregnant - you need to use birth control, also called contraception or family planning.

There are lots different types of birth control methods. They include taking hormones (like the pill), using barriers to catch the sperm (like condoms), or using natural methods.

Another way to avoid getting pregnancy is abstinence - simply not having intercourse. And then there's also 'outercourse' - making love without actually having vaginal intercourse.

Read more about deciding whether you need birth control and how to go about choosing a method to suit you. And find out more information about the different methods you can choose.


 

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