Now Is The Time To Get Back On PrEP
2020 has been a challenging year. But as tough as the days have been, it’s been heartening to see people come together doing what they …
Posts tagged sexual health
Prepped Smart & Healthy Passes $1 Million PrEP Milestone
This month,Prepped Smart and Healthy has reached a significant milestone with the program having now contributing over $1 million towards eliminating HIV in Australia by creating …
Ugandan LGBTIQ activists arrested, subjected to anal examinations
Ugandan authorities have arrested sixteen LGBTIQ activists on suspicion of gay sex and subjected them to forced anal examinations after being detained last week. The …
Time is ticking to participate in Trans and Gender Diverse survey
Time is running out to complete the Trans and Gender Diverse People Survey, conducted in partnership by Positive Life NSW and The Gender Centre. The …
World Health Organisation drops being transgender from list of ‘mental disorders’
“This is already proving to be the equivalent of taking homosexuality out of the psychiatrists’ [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]. It’s that big of a milestone.”
Labor pledges to refund 2Spirits Indigenous sexual health program
The $1.8 million commitment would fund four full-time staff over four years.
‘We avoid talking about it’: the sexual health barriers faced by queer international students
“It’s a lack of knowledge that causes the most damage. We arrive in Australia nervous about sex and sexual health because we do not understand it.”
Government budget cuts force closure of South Australian sexual health services
The cuts have forced the closure of two clinics in disadvantaged areas as well as SAMESH’s HIV counselling service, which provided free online and in-person counselling to people living with HIV.
‘We have a real chance of ending HIV’: HIV Still Matters for Thorne Harbour Health
“For the first time in the history of the epidemic we have a very real and credible chance of ending HIV in this country.”
First national survey of trans and gender diverse sexual health launched
The survey results will help with the development of sexual health policy, sex education, relationship support, and health policy for gender diverse communities.