Centre News - South Shore Sexual Health

Statement of Solidarity from the Nova Scotia Association for Sexual Health

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

Nova Scotia Association for Sexual Health May 1, 2014 The Nova Scotia Association for Sexual Health (NSASH) stands in solidarity with the Mogentaler Clinic in Fredericton, as wells with the many pro-choice activists who are working to change the laws in New Brunswick that make access to abortion difficult. The clinic is closing because the …

What are the risks of sharing sex toys?

October 14, 2014April 30, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

Sex toys are increasingly popular and available, but not much research has been done on sex toy materials and their impacts on STI transmission. Some sex toys (often called “jelly”) are made of porous materials that can trap and hold dirt and viruses. This can lead to transmission of an STI from one person to …

Summer Student Job Opportunity

October 14, 2014April 16, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

Job Posting: Program and Outreach Assistant Come work with the Sexual Health Centre Lunenburg County this summer! The Sexual Health Centre Lunenburg County (SHCLC) is a sexual health centre that offers education, programming and resources. We are a pro-choice, youth-friendly and LGBTQA2S positive organization. We believe that everyone should have access to quality, non-judgemental sexual …

E-Hookups and STIs

October 14, 2014April 9, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

As technology develops, how can sexual health educators innovate to help prevent the spread of STIs? Researchers and health professionals in Halifax are beginning to move their outreach and campaigns online, as more and more people are meeting and hooking up using online forums. You can read about what they discovered here. “Social …

Two-spirit: Beyond sex and gender

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

This article from Nexus, the student newspaper at Camoson College, explores the term two-spirit and how it’s related but distinct from LGBTQ identities. ““Those categories are themselves a western construct,” says Dr. Sarah Hunt, a Kwakwaka’wakw writer and activist who teaches in the Indigenous Studies and Community Family and Child Services Program here at Camosun …

Issues Facing an Aging LGBTQ Population

March 19, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

“As gay rights advance across the US, there is one group that feels it has long been neglected and isolated – the elderly. But that may now be changing, with a series of retirement housing projects opening to serve the gay community.” This short clip from the BBC shows one group of LGBTQ folks who …