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Halifax Sexual Health Centre
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia - RRANS Summer Pottery ProgramFor LGBTQI+ NewcomersNext session begins next week!Tuesdays 6:00- 8:00 pmJune 6- August 8Free Pottery program with Andrea Puszkar and guest artists.Prioritizing people who have arrived as refugees or who are refugee claimants.Translation, bus tickets and snacks provided!Please email rrans.staff@gmail.com for more information! ... See MoreSee Less

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  1. Talking sex with seniors: campaigns encourage conversations about risks of STIs, hookup culture
  2. Experts say remain vigilant as mass mpox vaccination clinic wraps up in Halifax
  3. Saltwire - From IUDs to hormones: Women find health concerns often dismissed
  4. Advocates applaud province’s decision to remove barriers for gender-affirming care, but say more needs to be done
  5. Nova Scotia reduces multiple-letter requirement for gender-affirming care
  6. N.S. streamlines process for people seeking gender-affirming surgery
  7. Nova Scotia reducing wait times for gender-affirming surgery
  8. Province Reduces Barriers for Nova Scotians Seeking Gender-Affirming Surgery
  9. Getting An IUD Inserted Can Really, Really Hurt. Here’s What You Can Do About It
  10. ‘Representation is crucial’: Halifax Pride underway after two years
  11. Canadian lawyers rally outside U.S. consulate in Halifax over decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
  12. Gender-affirming care in Canada comes with barriers and delays, especially in N.S.
  13. Gender Affirming Care Town Hall - May 17, 2022
  14. Nova Scotia’s “discriminatorily underfunded” gender-affirming care system needs a revamp
  15. More doctors trained in gender-affirming care needed, say N.S. advocates
  16. HSHC at the Standing Committee of Public Accounts
  17. Only N.S. doctor performing gender-affirming surgeries discontinuing service
  18. N.S. advocates say loss of specialists supporting gender-affirming surgeries will cause a crisis
  19. Advocates say gender-affirming health care access crisis in Nova Scotia worsening as barriers increase
  20. Nova Scotia Sexual health centres help assist parents with 'the talk'
  21. North end Halifax thrift shop bought by anti-abortion group
  22. Group calls for consistent access to STI testing in N.S.
  23. Testing for certain STIs resumes in Halifax after pandemic forced suspension
  24. CBRC Training Improving Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Trans and Gender Nonconforming People in Nova Scotia
  25. Halifax Sexual Health Centre has 700 trans patients -- some could have been treated by their GPs
  26. Doctors NS: Dr Sue Atkinson
  27. Halifax doctor working on 'game-changer' urine test to detect cancer-causing HPV
  28. Testing for certain sexually transmitted infections resumes in Halifax
  29. The Signal: New online courses for N.S. doctors speeding up access to gender-affirming hormones
  30. Halifax Sexual Health Centre reaching 'unsustainable' level of demand
  31. The challenges of STI testing during COVID-19
  32. THE COAST: Halifax Sexual Health Centre sees people through their most intimate problems

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The Halifax Sexual Health Centre (HSHC) has been serving Halifax since 1970. Our health services and resources are sex positive, pro-choice, inclusive, and non-judgemental.

HSHC is a member-centre of Sexual Health Nova Scotia.

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7071 Bayers Road, Suite 302
Halifax, NS
B3L 2C2

T:   902-455-9656      F: 902-429-3853

Monday 9 am - 8 pm
Tuesday 9 am - 8 pm
Wednesday 9 am - 8 pm
Thursday 9 am - 8 pm
Friday 9 am - 5 pm

Please note that when a doctor is not available for an evening shift, HSHC closes at 5:00 PM.

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