Sabrina's health services page

Health services

There are a variety of health issues more or less specific to the alternative-sexuality community which you may not feel comfortable discussing with your local doctor. This might range from HIV testing, to having a skin condition caused by an allergy to some new make-up. Below I've listed some queer-friendly medical practitioners that I've come across. Inclusion does not imply a recommendation, or that I have even visited them myself, merely that they have been suggested to me as appropriate places to go. This list is partly a rip-off of the official Victorian Department of Human Services list; check their site for latest details.

Service	Location	Contact	Comments
Queer-specific services
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre	Swanston St, Carlton	9347-0244; rural Vic: 1800 032 017	I get my annual HIV test and sexual health check-up done here. They are free, friendly, very knowledgeable, and completely discreet. Highly recommended.
Carlton Clinic	Carlton		Carlton queer-friendly general practitioners
Prahran Market Clinic	Commercial Road, Prahran (presumably- it could be South Yarra)
AIDSLINE		9347-6099 Country freecall: 1800-133 -392 TTY: 1800- 032-665	Telephone counselling service offering advice on HIV/AIDS, STIs and sexual health.
Victoria AIDS Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre	Claremont Street, South Yarra	9865-6700 Freecall: 1800-134- 840
Access Information Centre at The Alfred Hospital	Commercial Road, Prahran		Web site on STIs from The Alfred Hospital
People Living With HIV/AIDS Victoria			Assists people living with HIV/AIDS
Other services (also queer-friendly but not necessarily as queer-specific)
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital	Grattan Street, Parkville	9342-7000
The Centre Clinic, Northcote Community Health Centre	Separation Street, Northcote
The Centre Clinic St Kilda	Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
Family Planning Victoria	Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
Action Centre (for Youth)	Flinders Lane, Melbourne	9654-4766 Freecall: 1800-013- 952
Frankston Hospital Sexual Health Clinic	Hastings Road, Frankston	9784-7650
Rural services
The Annexe Sexual Health Clinic, Ballarat Community Health Centre	Sturt Street, Ballarat	5333-1635
STD Clinic, Community Health Bendigo	Seymoure Street, Eaglehawk	5434-4330
Geelong Sexual Health Clinic	Eastern Annexe, Geelong Hospital, Geelong	5221-4735	Open Tuesdays 2–7pm
STD Clinic, Wodonga Regional Health Service	Vermont Street, Wodonga	6051-7470	Open Tuesdays and Thursdays
STD Clinic, Latrobe Regional Hospital	Princes Highway, Traralgon	5173-8000

"There is an increased risk of transmission and acquisition of HIV in MSM with coexistent chlamydial infection" -Victorian Government STI strategy

See also:
Safe sex
Sexually transmitted infections

More information:
Good Tranny Guide
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Gay & Lesbian Health Victoria
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