Halifax Sexual Health Centre
7071 Bayers Road, Unit 302 B3L 2C2 Halifax, NS, Canada

Today, November 20, marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the trans people lost to violence since her death. We encourage all people, especially those that like HSHC, are in a position to provide important and appropriate care to our local trans co...mmunity, to reflect upon how we can better support, celebrate, and serve our trans and gender variant patients and clients. NSRAP will be hosting an in-person vigil to honour the memories of those lost to transphobic violence. There are several online vigils as well. We have posted the details of these in our Stories.

We love to see new resources in our rural areas!

Do you experience sexual desire difficulties? Participate in an online study examining the role of sexual motivation or sexual goals and their impact on sexual well-being. The Sexual Health Research Lab at the University of British Columbia are seeking English-speaking individuals who are 19+ and identify as women or non-binary who are currently residing in Canada. An honorarium will be provided for participation. If you are interested in this study, please contact the study... coordinator at [email protected]. Or visit their website at www.brottolab.com/studies. *Please note that liking and sharing the social media ad may publicly associate you with this study and the Sexual Health Research Lab at the University of British Columbia*

Our TransFORMATION Closet is not in the armoire yet, but we do have products in stock for folks to browse in person. We recommend getting an appointment to stop... by and check it out. If we don't have a product in size or in stock, we can order it for you. Thanks to the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia for providing the funding for this amazing grant! All supplies are free or donate if you can. Delivery is possible. This is open to folks in Lunenburg or Queens. Please share.

Today let’s chat about Black reproductive health outcomes! Unfortunately, like most of the topics we’ve covered in this series, those outcomes are poorer due to systemic forms of racism and oppression present in both healthcare and society at large. Swipe to see some quick facts on pregnancy-related deaths, Canadian stats, and reproductive concerns. Check out our Stories and our Linktree for some resources for both patients and health practitioners on combatting reproductive ...medical racism. P.S. This is the last planned topic from our series on race and sexual health, but we will definitely be looking for more in the future! If you have any suggestions, please send them along in our DMs or comments! #sexualhealth #halifaxsexualhealthcentre #sexedsaveslives #BlackLivesMatter #intesectionalsexed #intersectionalsexeducation #sexualhealthmatters #medicalracism #systemicracism #racisminhealthcare #reproductivehealth #Blackreproductivehealth

UPDATE #3: We are back to full working order! Feel free to give us a call. UPDATE #2: Our phones and internet are currently not working. If you are scheduled for an in person visit, please come in. We will still be able to see you. UPDATE: WE WILL BE OPEN AT 1 PM. If you have an in person visit and would prefer to reschedule, please call us at 902-455-9656.... Due to the weather advisory and Halifax Transit's decision to suspend services, HSHC will remain closed until at least NOON on Wednesday, September 23. Telephone visits will still be occuring. We will announce a decision about the afternoon clinic by 11 AM.

Our TransFORMATION Closet isn't assembled yet, but we have a ton of orders coming in of gender affirming gear. Call today if you'd like to set up a time to view... our inventory and get hooked up with awesome items! We have packers, gaffs, breast forms, binders, and more. Our gear is free to folks on the South Shore who need it and is courtesy of a generous grant from the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia! Please share... we don't want a penny remaining of this grant.

A researcher from Memorial University of Newfoundland is doing a project called 'Stigmatized Populations and Abortion Accessibility in Atlantic Canada'. Please ...see the link to their survey if you would like to share your experience(s) that will be used for analysis and research purposes. No identifying information is required and participation is optional. See more

The Couples and Sexual Health Lab at Dalhousie University are interested in understanding the aspects of a relationship that may promote or interfere with sexual desire and sexual and relationship satisfaction. They are seeking self-identified men (being inclusive of all bodies and sexual orientations) and their partners to participate in a paid, online research study. Participation includes completing a 5-10 minute screening questionnaire and then if eligible, a ~60-minute l...ong online survey for which each partner is compensated afterward with a $10 CAD/$8 USD Amazon gift card each. To be eligible to participate, both partners must agree and: In a committed romantic relationship together for at least 6 months See each other in-person at least 4 times a week Be 18 years or older Have previous sexual experience Reside in Canada or the United States Be able to read and understand English Sexuality research is an important component in continuing good sexual health care. If you're interested in this study, please see the attached flyer!

The Research Center of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute is recruiting for a study on the effect of minority stress on intimate partner violence and conflicts in female intimate relationships (ESMI). They are searching for women aged 18 and older, living in Canada, who lived in a violent relationship with a woman in the past, to participate to an online questionnaire. This study could help deepen understandings of the issues related to sexual minority women, a ...population still forgotten in the research field. If you are interested in participating, please see the attached flyer! The project has been approved by the Comité d’éthique de la recherche Société et culture of the University of Montreal (Number of certification: CERSC-2020-053-P). To help us, you will have to broadcast to your audience the recruitment poster attached below. The larger the diffusion, the better (on your website and/or your social media and/or electronic mailing list)! The survey launched on September 20th and should close on November 20th, once our goal of 200 participants is achieved. There will be weekly follow up, seeing as we may need to ask for your help again if we do not reach our objectives quickly enough. We will be able to send you a report of the results by the end of January and we could plan together the best way to transfer those results to your community, if you are interested.

Contraceptives/birth control are credited as being one of the most important developments in the world leading to the increased gender equality in the public sphere. This is true, but like in all of our topics over our series on race and sexual health, institutionalizedracism has still influenced birth control education, usage, and trends. From Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, thoughts of genocide, and drug trials, let’s explore in our Stories how experiences of birth c...ontrol have not been equal for all folks seeking contraception. Photo is of members of the Parents Aid Society, an organization from Hempstead, Long Island demonstrating in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral against the issue byPope Paul VI on birth control in 1968. #sexualhealth #halifaxsexualhealthcentre #sexedsaveslives #BlackLivesMatter #intesectionalsexed #intersectionalsexeducation #sexualhealthmatters #medicalracism #systemicracism #racisminhealthcare #birthcontrol

The Couples & Sexual Health Lab at Dalhousie University have just launched two online studies that focus on new parents’ sexual and relationship well-being during the transition to parenthood. They are currently recruiting couples between 12-23 weeks pregnant with their first child to participate in the Hey, Baby! study. Additionally, they are recruiting couples less than 16 weeks postpartum for the Baby Makes 3! study. This is a very exciting time for many couples, but ...it also poses some unique challenges to the relationship. Their studies hope to identify ways to help people better navigate this transition. Check out the attached flyer for more information!

This is an invitation to Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, non-binary and other people with fabulous diverse sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ...2+) across Canada who have an interest in the impacts of COVID-19 on our LGBTQ2+ communities. We seek Community Advisors to provide input on a national study on the unintended impacts on and prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic among LGBTQ2+ people. Community Advisors will inform the online questionnaire and recruitment plan to reach 10,000 LGBTQ2+ people nationally. Online survey participants will have the option to receive a mailed-home kit to collect a few drops of blood that will be tested to see who got COVID-19. Our findings will inform future public health action to improve the health, well-being, and safety of LGBTQ2+ people. This includes mental and physical health, and experiences of discrimination and violence.

Today is the last day for our survey!

Our survey closes October 1!

UPDATE #3: We are back to full working order! Feel free to give us a call.

Our phones will be turned off today. We do not have an administrator on duty. If you have an appointment this morning please come as scheduled, you will be checked in by the nurse. We apologize for any inconvenience. Regular staff will be back in the office on Tuesday.

Non-Binary Experiences of Healthcare in Nova Scotia Call for participants - residents of Halifax and Kings County. In a binary world, have you experienced excl...usion at your medical professional’s office? Have you been misgendered or dead named constantly? Or have you had positive experiences with your medical team actively including you whether by validating your name choices or asking pronouns? Do you want to help others understand what is most useful in medical offices? I’m a non-binary graduate student at Acadia University trying to spread information about how exclusion and inclusion impact the health of non-binary individuals. Eligible participants are 18+, non-binary (defined for my thesis as neither exclusively or constantly identifying as male/masculine or female/feminine) and have accessed healthcare within Nova Scotia in the last three years. Please contact [email protected]