SHINE SA, June 2023 SHINE SA is offering FREE Cervical Screening Clinics for trans and gender diverse people with a cervix. Specific appointments will be held during June and July 2023 at SHINE SA Hyde Street Practice – starting this weekend. These appointments will give you the option of self-collection, so you can do the swab yourself rather than a health worker. There will also be a peer...
SHINE SA, 6th June 2023 Coping with Gender Dysphoria: A Quick Workbook, is a new peer-led resource by SHINE SA’s Gender Connect Country SA. Coping with gender dysphoria can be a significant challenge for people who are transgender, nonbinary, or gender diverse (TGD). While not all TGD people will experience gender dysphoria in the same way (or at all), gender dysphoria can impact nearly all areas...
interg Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance; Health Equity Matters (formerly AFAO), June 2023 In these two episodes of the Indigenous podcast series, the Anwernekenhe National HIV Alliance are joined by several Brotherboys and Sistergirls to discuss the impacts of racism and access to healthcare. Listen to The impacts of racism on access to healthcare for Brotherboys (55 mins) Listen to The impacts...
SHINE SA, May 2023 Do you work in a healthcare setting and want to better support the needs of trans and gender diverse clients? Our Online Course: Introduction to Working with Trans and Gender Diverse People is now available free of charge to South Australians who work in healthcare setting for a limited time (ending July 31 2023). This includes doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and...
Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), & Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections Standing Committee (BBVSS), 2023 The Australian STI Management Guidelines were updated between 2020-2022 by a multidisciplinary group of clinical and non-clinical experts. While all sections have been updated, some have had major changes. The key changes...
A collaboration between Midwives Connecting Community, and Rainbow Families: September 05, 2022 Inclusive language is a way of acknowledging and respecting the diversity of peoples’ bodies, genders and relationships. As midwives and birth workers, using inclusive language supports people to feel safe within the health system, and acknowledges who they are. Using inclusive language doesn’t take...