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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 …

Morgentaler Clinic to Close

October 14, 2014April 10, 2014 by South Shore Sexual Health

“Every mother a willing mother; every child a wanted child.” The Morgentaler abortion clinic in Fredericton will close the end of July following a 20-year fight with the New Brunswick government over funding for abortions. This will affect abortion services not only in New Brunswick, but throughout the Maritimes, notably for PEI where there are …

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 …