How do girls who have sex with girls have sex? How can they practice safer sex?

Girls who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or just do sexual things with other girls can give and express pleasure in many ways. Just like there is no one "right" way for heterosexuals to have sex, there is no one "right" way for two girls to have sex.

What two girls do to have sex depends on what feels good for them. Often, people think that the only way to have sex is to put a penis into a vagina, but that may not be the activity that brings the most pleasure to the two people who are having sex.

Girls who identify as lesbian, bisexual or just do sexual things with other girls may touch each others' genitals by using their fingers (manual stimulation), mouths (oral sex) and various body parts. They may kiss, touch each others' breasts, or touch the clitoris and other areas of the vagina or the anus. Sometimes they use their fingers to penetrate the vaginal opening or to penetrate the anal opening (anal sex). Some girls also rub their vulvas together.

It is possible to transmit sexually transmitted diseases through many of these practices, so it is important that girls who are having sex with other girls use some sort of barrier method. This may include using a dental dam or a condom that is cut length-wise to create a sheet of latex to use as a barrier to perform oral sex or oral-anal sex on a partner. It can also include using a latex glove when manually stimulating the vagina, clitoris or anus.

When two people can communicate well, whether they are heterosexual, bi, or gay, they can experience a huge range of sexual activities that are mutually agreed upon and pleasurable.