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M Clinic – a new Men’s Sexual Health Clinic |
A new Men’s Sexual Health Clinic has opened in West Leederville. The M Clinic provides FREE and confidential Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) testing and treatment services to same sex attracted men.
The M Clinic has been set up to further increase people’s access to testing services. According to Trish Langdon, WAAC Executive Director, “The clinic is located in a neutral setting behind St John of God Hospital, making it accessible to all men who have sex with men.”
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Survey for Sexually Adventurous Men |
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Do you have casual, group or non-vanilla sex?
Do you know someone who is?
Do you live in WA?
If so we’d like to hear from you.
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I see little men everywhere... |
 Little men have been popping up everywhere around the venues. You can see them at Connections, at the Court, in Steamworks and RAM lounge. They bring messages of action and hope and hot, smoking underpants.
They are the newest resource from the Drama Down Under 2 national campaign launched earlier this year. The pop-up cards are a variation on the old postcard resource that has become a little tired and hackneyed. Instead, the little fellows stand up to attention with a plethora of information and referrals written in and around them for anyone who is sexually active.
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The following assault occurred at Yokin Reserve around 2am on Saturday, 17 April. If you are a victim of, or a witness to, any sort of assault or violence at a beat, then, please report this immediately to the Police. Regardless of your reason for being at a beat, you have every right to report crime to the authorities.
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Post Mardi Gras Maintenance... |
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 For many a gay man the preparation for Mardi Gras involves endless weights, tanning, waxing, clipping and preening. Time, energy, and money all go in to making sure it is a night not to forget. The WA AIDS Council (WAAC) hopes that all your preparation payed off and that you had an amazing time.
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Stop The Drama Down Under |
A new phase of ‘The Drama Downunder’, a nation-wide campaign encouraging gay men to become more savvy about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and to get regular sexual health checks, will be launched this month.
Produced by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), the campaign has been designed to address rising rates of STIs among Australian gay men..There is particular concern that rising STI rates are partly driving new HIV diagnoses: having an STI can dramatically increase the potential for HIV to be transmitted during sex as sores and other irritations caused by STIs provide an effective gateway for the virus to pass from one body to the next.
President of AFAO, Dr Graham Brown, points out why this second phase of the campaign is needed. “Behaviour change doesn’t happen overnight, and the increasing rates of STIs are still a major concern for gay men. For maximum impact and to get more men going for regular sexual health checks, a campaign such as this needs to be sustained over an extended period of time.”
STIs are also of particular concern to people living with HIV. Robert Mitchell, President of the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA), commends the campaign for highlighting the issues associated with STIs and the need for testing for people living with HIV. “Having a STI can not only make it easier to pass on HIV, it can also have a large impact on the health of someone living with HIV. This campaign explains what these impacts are and shows why regular sexual health checks are important for all HIV-positive people.”
The multi-media ‘Drama Downunder’ campaign encourages homosexually active men in Australia to take care of ‘business downunder’, by improving their sexual health knowledge, and by getting regular sexual health checks.
The campaign materials feature a model in various poses representing different messages about sexual health. In some of the images he is in various states of drama, downunder. InI some images his underpants are on fire; in others he has swirls of smoke rising up, and in others he appears happy. This range of images represents the fact that, while many STIs are all too obvious – being painful and/or irritating – others can have no symptoms at all. This makes regular sexual health checks vital for all sexually active men.
The campaign also features a website, www.thedramadownunder.info, providing a comprehensive range of information about STIs, testing and treatment. The site also features two interactive services. The first is a reminder service where users can sign up for SMS or email reminders to book in for their sexual health checks. The second is a partner notification service where people who have recently been diagnosed with an STI can notify their partners via SMS or email anonymously if they wish, in order to look after the health of their partners.
The Drama Downunder man will be seen nationally on billboards and Adshels, on public transport, in press ads, in ads on gay chat-sites and on other websites, and in a range of items containing sexual health information and referrals, including a booklet, posters, cruise cards and postcards for distribution at gay events and clinics. All product s will refer the reader to the campaign website www.thedramadownunder.info.
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 WAAC and ACON, on behalf of the National LGBT Health Alliance, have commenced work on a new education campaign to help people understand the Federal Government’s recent reforms affecting same-sex couples.
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Timely Tips for your TOOLBOX |
Summer ‘tis the season to be sexy and fun... So we thought it would be good to let you guys know how to get the most out of your TOOLBOX.
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HIV/AIDS Travel Ban Finally, Officially Over |
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by Bonnie Goldman (reproduced from The Body Website – www.thebody.com)
The ban on travel or immigration to the U.S. by people living with HIV/AIDS is officially over today. It was an ugly law that had been in place since 1987 and caused countless humiliations. Most students applying for visas to study in the U.S. could not get a visa if they were HIV positive. People from overseas who had the opportunity to work in the U.S. were denied work visas if they were HIV positive. Tourists and businessmen and women were denied visas because of their HIV status.
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Good gay, bad gay in the Naughties. |
Going in for a HIV/STI screen should be as normal and as easy as walking into the local deli for a carton of milk.
So, why do so many guys feel that it is more like walking into a sex shop for the first time – filled with anxiety, shame and embarrassment? The answer lay in the myth that “good gays” shouldn’t need a sexual health screen.
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