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The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) have announced they have recommitted to their partnership with Perth Steam Works, as the queer men’s venue reopens after months of lockdown. The project is an extension of WAAC’s M Clinic, which provides free, confidential and inclusive STI testing for all LGBTIQ+ people in Western Australia. Perth Steam Works owner […]
Tags: Lisa Dobrin, M Clinic, mike drummond, perth steam works, sex, sexual health, WA AIDS Council, WAAC
13 Aug 2020 /
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Sexual Health Quarters (SHQ) and the WA AIDS Council (WAAC) have announced the development of a new resource that seeks to identify barriers for trans and gender diverse Western Australians accessing sexual health services. SHQ and WAAC have released a short survey to gauge which methods of community engagement are preferable for members of the […]
Tags: gender diverse, sexual health, SHQ, trans*, transgender, WAAC
6 Aug 2020 |
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The Youth Affairs Council of WA’s sexual health program The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) Project, has announced a series of free webinars for youth workers in a COVID-19 world. The peer education initiative aims to support and educate young people on relationships, sexual health and blood-borne virus issues, working with the WA youth sector and […]
Tags: sexual health, the yep project, YACWA
23 Apr 2020 |
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As Sydney prepares to celebrate the 42nd Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this weekend, ACON – NSW’s leading HIV and sexuality and gender diverse health organisation – is encouraging revellers to look after themselves and their friends during the party season. ACON Deputy CEO Karen Price says that it is important that while people […]
Tags: fentanyl, Mardi Gras, PeP, PrEP, safe sex, sexual health
28 Feb 2020 |
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Nearly a million people in China are living with HIV according to new figures released to coincide with World AIDS Day at the start of the month. Around 131,000 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in China between January and October this year, according to a progress report published Saturday on the website of the […]
Tags: China, Health, HIV, sexual health
8 Dec 2019 |
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For many LGBTIQ+ people, a simple routine trip to the GP can be an anxiety inducing experience. Each of us have our own unique set of circumstances that may require medical attention, and it can be incredibly difficult to find the right doctor or specialist that can offer the best treatment for the issue at […]
Tags: bi+, Bisexual, dr craig shaw, dr samantha maisey, gay, Gender, Health, HIV, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, Mental Health, PrEP, sexual health, transgender, view street medical
5 Dec 2019 |
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Australia’s first sexual health survey focused on the transgender and gender diverse community has been revealed by The Kirby Institute. The Australian Trans and Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey will be led by transgender and gender diverse professionals and community advocates, to better advise on sexual health policy, relationship support, sex education and more. Participants […]
Tags: gender diverse, Kirby Institute, sexual health, trans*, transgender
30 Oct 2018 |
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Two LGBTIQ+ rappers have joined forces on a new version of a 90s classic to promote sexual health and HIV awareness. Transgender rapper KC Ortiz and Big Dipper have just released their spin on Salt-N-Pepa’s 1991 smash hit Let’s Talk About Sex – Let’s Talk About PrEP – in a new awareness campaign for the preventative treatment. […]
Tags: AIDS, Chicago, HIV, howard brown health, let's talk about AIDS, let's talk about prep, let's talk about sex, Salt n Pepa, sexual health, World News
6 Aug 2018 |
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Advocates for people living with HIV and health experts have raised concern over Queensland police upgrading charges against a man charged with assault because he suggested he might have HIV. A man allegedly got in an altercation with a security guard at Fortitude Valley pub and is accused of spitting in the face of the […]
Tags: AIDS, assault, HIV, law, sexual health
5 Aug 2018 |
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A British filmmaker who previously work has claimed that there is no connection between HIV and AIDS has been unable to travel to Australia because a visa has not been approved. Joan Shenton was planning on attending a series of screening of her new film Sacrificial Virgins. The film argues that the sexually-transmitted Human papillomavirus (HPV) does […]
Tags: AIDS, gardasil, HIV, HPV, joan shenton, Peter Dutton, sexual health
31 Jul 2018 |
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