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In the News

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

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About HSHC

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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