The Conversation, October 22, 2019 6.00am AEDT There are an estimated 60,000 survivors of institutional child sexual abuse in Australia. Based on the private sessions held as part of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 15% of survivors are Aboriginal. That suggests an estimated 9,000 Aboriginal survivors. This is likely an under estimation. Not only do...
Concerns for women after SA closes two centres for surgical abortion
ABC News, 19/09/2019 Two of South Australia’s surgical abortion services have been shut down over the past 18 months, amid community concerns about the impact on women seeking care. In January, services were relocated from the main abortion provider in the state, the Pregnancy Advisory Centre in Adelaide’s inner-western suburbs, moving all surgical abortions to the Queen Elizabeth...
Hyde Street Practice: a service of SHINE SA
SHINE SA, September 2019 Hyde Street Practice is a service of SHINE SA. We offer affordable appointments with friendly and non-judgemental staff. We are a safe and inclusive practice with general practitioners, specialist services, sexual health and relationship wellbeing services. Services include: General Practitioners General GP services, including support for diabetes and cardiovascular...
Transgender Visibility Matters in the Workplace (SHINE SA media release)
SHINE SA, 27th March 2019 SHINE SA Media Release International Transgender Day of Visibility on 31 March is a day we acknowledge each year to celebrate transgender and gender diverse people around the globe, their courage and accomplishments. The term ‘transgender’ refers to a person whose gender identity or expression is different from their assigned sex. Trans people experience significant...
Understanding LGBTI+ Lives in Crisis (Report)
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University & Lifeline Australia, February 2019 This research report presents findings of lesbian (L), gay (G), bisexual (B), transgender (T), intersex people (I), and other sexual identity and gender diverse individuals (+) use of crisis support services (CSS) in Australia. This is the first research of its kind in Australia that...
World Medical Association updates advice on medically indicated termination of pregnancy
Australian Medical Association, October 21, 2018 Revised advice to physicians on medically indicated termination of pregnancy has been issued by the World Medical Association. At its recent annual General Assembly in Reykjavik, the WMA reiterated that where the law allows medically indicated termination of pregnancy to be performed, the procedure should be carried out by a competent physician...