Red Thread Edition 44 Winter 2022

ISSUE 44 WINTER 2022

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Getting savvy with our emotions

Also in this issue:

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Hepatitis virus

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This Way// That Way Vox Pops

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QT Caberet

+ I hear you. I am you. + Grunt work

From the Editor

Winter edition

Winter is coming.

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to hear your thoughts on issues such as sex ed, harm reduction, and LGBTQIA+ issues.

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• Hepatitis B has a vaccine – most young people these days got this vaccine as a baby or through the school catch-up program. If you are older you may have to check with your GP. • Hepatitis C has a cure! – treatment is super easy too, just 1-3 pills for 8-12 weeks. And best yet, it’s PBS subsidised, which means it’s super affordable too.

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Contributors:

CONTENTS Hepatitis virus

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Getting savvy with our emotions

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This Way//That Way Vox Pop

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QT Caberet

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I hear you. I am you.

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Grunt work

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Scarlet Alliance

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Family Planning Tasmania

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NSP Outlets and Pharmacies

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Signpost

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Service Directory

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WARNING: some of the content of this magazine may be offensive to some readers.

TasCAHRD receives funding from the Crown, through the Department of Health, to provide these services.

Views expressed in Red thread are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of TasCAHRD. This publication is an initiative of the Health Promotion Program at the Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases (TasCAHRD).

Would you like to see your business or service advertised in this mag? Contact TasCAHRD for rates – projects@tascahrd.org.au

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Email: mail@tascahrd.org.au or Phone: 03 6234 1242

Jen Wiedman Randos Korobacz Corey Stephen Hera Fox

Scarlet Alliance Claire Ripper Niamh Schofield Rose Boccalatte

Did you know you can buy beppy sponges, condoms and lube at the TasCAHRD office?

TasCAHRD 319 Liverpool Street Hobart Open 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Great prices on these items at TasCAHRD: • Condoms • Beppy sponges • Lube • HIV self-test kits • Blood spill kits Nigel Mallett House 319 Liverpool Street Hobart Open 9.00am – 5.00pm

PrEP Savvy GPs Dr Jennifer Mission – Sandy Bay Clinic 270 Sandy Bay Road | Ph 62236822 Book online at www.sandybayclinic.com.au Dr Natasha Lovatt – Aboriginal Health Service 56 Patrick Street | Ph 6234 0777 and Eastern Shore Doctors – Bellerive 48 Cambridge Road | Ph 6282 1399 Dr Wole Olomola – City Medical Practice 10 Marine Terrace Burnie Dr Jane Cooper – Don Medical Clinic Shop 7 / 48-54 Oldaker Street | Ph 6441 5299 Dr Mark Ryan – Newdegate St Medical Clinic 107 Newdegate St West Hobart | Ph 62314109

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By Randos Korobacz

Hepatitis virus: An Explainer As we are fast approaching Hepatitis Awareness Week from 26 July – 01 August, with World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, we are encouraging those at risk to get tested and those living with hepatitis C, to take advantage of new, highly effective and easyto-take medications available from your doctor or sexual health services.

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Even though there’s about a half of a million Australians living with hepatitis, there is still a lot of bullshit information and stigma floating around about those who have contracted hepatitis. The stigma is from a lack of knowledge about how it is transmitted. It is also driven by stereotyping and negative assumptions of those who acquire the hepatitis virus. Further, fear of infection and lack of knowledge regarding transmission also push people into social isolation.

There’s really no need for any of that, as hepatitis can be treated and managed. Most people chronically infected with hepatitis can expect to live long and healthy lives.

What is Hepatitis?

Hepatitis simply means inflammation of the liver. While we usually think of hepatitis viruses, anything that causes inflammation or damage to the liver can be considered as a form of hepatitis. While you’ve probably heard of hepatitis B or C, there is also hepatitis A, D and E, all of which are very different viruses.

The thing all five have in common is that they can cause mild to very severe liver damage.

Types Hepatitis A is spread by contaminated food and water, and from person to person via traces of faecal matter (poo). This doesn’t mean you’re gross or feral, it just means you’ve picked up a microscopic trace of poo, usually in household settings. Although hepatitis A can cause significant illness, the body usually recovers without treatment and becomes immune to future infections.

Hepatitis B is the most widespread form of viral hepatitis worldwide. It’s also the leading cause of liver cancer. Around 250,000 Australians are living with chronic hepatitis B, with over 20,000 thought to be Indigenous people. New infections with hepatitis B remain three times as common in Indigenous people as in non-Indigenous Australians. Hepatitis B can be transmitted from

person to person through sex or blood-to-blood contact. But most people living with chronic (long-term) hepatitis B acquired it at birth from their mother, or early in life.

Hepatitis C is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in Australia with an estimated 250,000 people living with chronic infection. Hepatitis C is also the leading cause of liver cancer and liver transplants nationally. Most hepatitis C infections in Australia are transmitted through injecting practices. Around 80% of people infected with hepatitis C develop chronic infection; those who do clear the infection naturally remain susceptible to future infections.

Hepatitis D is a linked virus that can only infect people who also have hepatitis B, while hepatitis E is spread through contaminated food and water.

Signs and symptoms Sometimes there are no symptoms of hepatitis in the first weeks after infection. But when they happen, the symptoms of types A, B, and C may include fatigue, nausea, dark urine, poor appetite, belly pain, pale poo, a mild fever, or yellow skin or eyes (jaundice). When hepatitis B and C become chronic, they may cause no symptoms for years.

However, by the time there are any warning signs, the liver may already be damaged.

Who Should Be Tested for Hepatitis?

Testing is important for anyone with the risk factors mentioned, particularly people who inject drugs and people who have had multiple sexual partners. However, a person should also consider getting testing if you have had: • a tattoo or piercing in an unregulated facility with low hygiene standards • shared razors or other personal items with someone who is living with hepatitis C • shared drug-injecting equipment, such as needles and syringes • had a needlestick injury • been born to a mother living with hepatitis Say no to fear and stigma, and yes to testing and treatment.

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Cure Hepatitis C REQUEST

A Step by Step Guide

All GPs can cure hepatitis C. Ask your GP if they will help you.

TEST

You may need a few blood tests to look for hepatitis C and to check your liver. Talk to your GP about "reflexive hepatitis C testing" for fewer appointments.

TREAT

Treatment has changed.

For most people, hepatitis C can now be cured by taking 1-3 tablets a day, for 8-12 weeks.

COMPLETE

Visit your GP 12 weeks after you have finished treatment.

A final blood test will check that you have been cured.

Want to know more?

Call the Hepatitis Infoline

1 800 437 222 (1 800 HEP ABC) Mon-Fri 9:00 am-5:00 pm

319 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS 7000 03 6234 1242 | www.tascahrd.org.au

This program is supported by funding from Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) through the Australian Government's Primary Health Networks Program

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Community Health Notice

Monkeypox Virus - MPXV MPXV is a rare virus which has recently been found in some parts of Australia. The symptoms of MPXV are usually mild and resolve by themselves within a few weeks.

Symptoms include a fever, chills, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, and a blistering rash. The rash often starts on the face then spreads to other parts of the body, including the mouth, genitals, and eyes, before eventually developing into scabs.

Person-to-person transmission of MPXV occurs through: rash, blisters, lesions, or scabs blood or body fluids, including saliva and respiratory droplets clothing or linens, such as bedding or towels

If you develop symptoms, seek medical attention. To avoid transmitting the virus to others, consider isolating, wearing a mask, and keeping your skin covered.

For further advice, contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.

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By Jen Wiedman

How often do you find yourself repeating the same vocabulary when it comes to expressing your emotions? Most of us use a limited range of vocabulary for most things, especially when it comes to our feelings.

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Getting savvy with our emotions This is influenced by all sorts of things, including gender conditioning, culture, society, family upbringing, education level, cognitive functioning, energy and patience levels, personal growth and development journey and emotional intelligence.

Regardless, it is all too easy for us to slip into everyday over-usage of particular feelings words. And as a result, it is all too easy to fall into the common trap of assuming we are being understood when we say something, and/or to misunderstand others.

Our communication and emotional literacy can only be enhanced with further self-awareness and insight. When we slow down enough to really ask ourselves how we are feeling, we might be surprised, delighted or, at times, unimpressed with the answer. It also brings us closer in tune and connected to ourselves, even if it is mildly unpleasant. When we can understand ourselves more, we can speak and express ourselves more authentically, and we can enrich our relationships with this valuable information.

• Have frequent self-check ins. Just like you usually wash your face and look in the mirror once a day, try to do the same with an emotional check in time. You could use your teeth brushing time to do this.

2 minutes a day will grow your connection with yourself.

• Hold. Pause, slow down, stay here. When you have made the time to self-check in, don’t rush to an answer.

• Start to develop your own emotion wheel of descriptors that arise for you – this is a way to really personalise your own emotional range.

• Drop the ego. Don’t use fancy emotional language or jargon to boost your ego or image and be impressive to others.

• Replace. When you feel your natural gravitational pull towards a favourite emotional word, ask to pause for a minute, stop and think and play with a replacement that could be 5% more accurate or detailed.

If you can’t, that’s ok. Return to the conversation and do this later in post-conversation reflection time.

Don’t ruminate, reflect.

Admittedly, sometimes we might choose to avoid asking ourselves how we are truly feeling because we may be afraid of the answer.

That is informative and indicative of perhaps some deeper matters to explore.

• Congratulate yourself on trying out some new words and approaches! Good on you for stretching your capacity.

You never know what else it might lead to!

Here are some simple tips for how to better connect to your emotional self and get savvy with your language and literacy:

Reach out if you need to: www.wildcalmtherapies.com.au

• Avoid using pop language. Trends often misuse and mislabel real emotion. They also very rarely capture what you truly feel exactly.

By Jen Wiedman, Mental Health Social Worker, Wild Calm Therapies

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By Corey Stephen

This Way// That Way Vox Pops

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• “I think, at the moment, maybe some social spaces like flamingos-type venues.

I know we have quite a few events and things that we do nowadays to keep people entertained – but, I think, maybe, having a regular place to just socialise and congregate would be good. I think that’s the main thing missing.”

Do you think there is enough education around sexual orientation and gender identity in schools?

Why/why not?

TasCAHRD’s This Way//That Way crew have had the fantastic opportunity to go into the community and record the public’s opinions on various topic – here are some of our favourites.

What do you think is missing from the Hobart queer community?

• “Flamingos, definitely. I definitely think we need another, like, a new or a revived queer club or that kind of community, yeah.”

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“People of colour.”

• “More visibility, more inclusive spaces, more laws and policies that support people coming out and living normal life, I guess.”

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“A dedicated space, like flamingos.”

• “A bar! Where we can meet and have fun, a queer bar! Please do that, that would be cool, thank you.”

• “I don’t think so, I think a lot of the time it’s quite censored, especially for younger people, but they find it online wherever they want, so it’s really important that they have a clear, concise, you know, understanding of it when they’re going into the world, cos’ they’ll be surrounded by people that, you know, identify in different ways and it’s important they know, you know, what’s going on and how to be respectful of that.”

• “Nah, not at all. I don’t know, like, in high school, there’s nothing on queer topics, like, at all. I feel like so much stuff you have to learn through social media, through the grapevine.”

• “I think public schools don’t have anything on queer stuff.”

• “Well, when I was at school 10 years ago there was none, so, hopefully, it’s improved a bit by then, but there’s definitely room for growth and improvement in that area for sure.”

• “Absolutely not. They don’t give any, so, like, a beginning would be great. Even just teaching people that there is a difference in sexualities. Like people think there’s so many crossovers and people just need more education in general, and like gender, they don’t even tell people that they can, like, choose to identify as something else.”

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By Hera Fox

QT Caberet LGBTQIA+ community of Hobart, you are terrible with your inclusion.

Ooooooh, Hera, them’s fighting words. Well, babes, let's take the gloves off, and bring in the wading pool full of ethically produced vegan jelly, and let’s wrastle.

But, before the jelly flies, and we kiss each other's wounds better, let’s talk about why I make such slanderous assertions, and do a little bit of shameless self-promotion.

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It’s 2017, the plebiscite has just happened (the last national plebiscite was 1917, I believe, asking if we should do conscription for the first world war – I feel rather important) and we’re all making events happen. I noticed a lot of my transgender and gender queer friends weren’t getting a space, and when talking to them, I noticed some exclusion.

My friends, I clutched my pearls.

How could a community who have faced exclusion for time immemorial, not include certain members of the collective?

So, QT Cabaret started to give these performers a place to perform and to upskill themselves, because, surely, the reason they were not being engaged with was because they lacked merit. That first QT Cabaret was a success and has been running for the last five years with lots of people feeling better for the experience.

But behind the glitz and glamour there have been stories that make my nails curl: stories of exclusion (one person had been kicked out of their social group because they weren’t vegan!); of people not having luck in love because they made a mistake in the past, and after doing everything to make it right, rumours still haunt their bed; stories of people not going to events ever again, because they can’t face the crowds, and all the words whispered around them.

Words have power.

Words shape the world around us. Our community knows the power that words have, we have wielded them like a knife to defend in the face of adversity. Why, now, are we turning

them on ourselves to attack?! I won’t say that I’m faultless, I’m just as bad, and have said things I probably can never take back. But I want to make things good, and right, and bring us all together to reflect the image of love, inclusion, and freedom that we portray to the rest of the world.

How am I going to do this?

At QT we will: • Reach out and find everyone and anyone who wants to perform •

Welcome anyone and everyone (but not if you have weapons or are very drunk; if you are disruptively drunk, we’ll help you get home)

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ay YES! to every performer and act S idea (you may not be in the next show, but the one after)

• Forgive and forget – with accountability •

Reflect on what we’re doing and how we can grow

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Continue to find ways to better our community

At QT I have seen people get the courage to come out as the gender they have always been. I have seen people perform on stage for the first time. I have seen people change and shape into marvellous conduits of pleasure and power. I have seen multiple love stories begin, and I have seen years of silence erupt into laughter and joy. I have seen people sing the Bee Gees while brushing their teeth, and seen people pleasure themselves with vibrators to the sounds of Trump. Dancers have brought people to tears, and singers have brought laughter to the room. I’ve experienced being doused in hot sauce, dropping lubed light bulbs, having cheetos eaten from my mouth, and being a living gimp pass-the-parcel. And none of it would have happened if we all didn’t come together.

Just three more shows this year, August 19, October 29, and December 3rd. Find us on Facebook, and instagram, or flick me an email to be involved.

Hera – Artistic Creator of QT Cabaret She/They/Luv heradireen@gmail.com

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By Rose Boccalatte

I hear you.

I am you.

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I came out to myself as a transgender woman six years ago.

Since then, I’ve been heartened to see that transgender people are becoming more visible than ever. We are here and we are being seen. We are seen in the LGBTQI+ categories in streaming services, and in the advertisements that feature LGBTQI+ couples.

But being seen does not necessarily mean being heard. This can be evidenced in the perennial discussion of LGBTQI+ folk held by irreverent uncles to media conglomerates.

These discussions are not always handled sensitively or compassionately. At other times, the representation of LGBTQI+ folk is tokenistic or a stereotype. It is in these moments that we have not always been heard.

Thus, it may be the case that you are not being heard right now.

It may be that your words are met only with silence. Your need for comfort not met with an embrace.

But I write this article not to cement pangs of despair or loneliness, but to reassure you that you are heard.

Because what you are feeling right now, no matter what emotion it is, it is being felt by innumerable others in the LGBTQI+ community.

I know this because I am feeling it too.

It matters not that I have never met you, nor know your name.

I still hear you.

Because I am you.

But to be heard and understood is always important. It assures us that our thoughts and feelings are valued. That we are valued.

It is therefore during these discussions that being heard matters most.

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By Niamh Schofield

Grunt work Restless labour, milking cows, days, and weeks and months not wasted but certainly not noted.

A fine, or thick layer of shit becomes you as your body not so slowly fades into the distance, diminished.

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I remember panicking about my shrinking form, wondering if it would ever stop.

It was less about being friends with your coworkers and more about being one with your coworkers, a restless arm not moving forcefully but gently, smoothly, caressing the forehead of a cat.

The sinews get tired and the arm prone to injury with exhaustion, the simple and elegant wave terse and jagged.

One of my coworkers woke up one morning blind in one eye, from foot and mouth disease that got trapped behind his socket.

Suddenly we all realized we were separate units and one by one, the cells disintegrated, nerves became lame and muscles atrophied.

What comes with quitting a job like that?

The good thing is that time becomes real once more, hours and minutes tick rather than scream like a rushing, hysterical river.

Well, the bad part is, society floods back into your brain. Friends. Lovers. Gender.

There is something selfish and indulgent about working a job like that. A sense of unique superiority that comes in providing ceaselessly, and no need to create a self for others to perceive. At least, not in the way you normally have to do, when you wander out of your apartment, groaning, waking up your hungover housemate on the couch, and wander onto the streets, already silently filling with people.

The masculine joy of bulging muscles, the appreciation of solid form, watching a bloke who weighed at least 200 kilos pirouetting on a metal pole with iron rods in his hand, dripping sweat.

Pats on the back and instructions from the boss to avoid his boss.

Easy smiles and comradery, a gender ready-made – I can fix it, if I choose to. The ease of masculinity.

It felt like finding a community, one that of course relied on my strength, that let me be my body.

I broke my leg playing footy a few months back. I lost my job, and still, my left leg aches with each springing step, a pain I swear I can feel in my jaw.

At the moment I’m a dishie. I don’t have medical clearance to go back to construction work yet. The work is odd and clunky.

My fingers aren’t used to being delicate crawling centipedes. So even with my muscles wizened, I yearn for the return of my shield.

That thick boisterous and easy grin that comes with knowing our masculine bodies can do anything – all we have to do is ask.

Who could want any other job, knowing that?

It was uncomfortable. It was like people could see right through me, like my shirt tail amounted to an odd and ugly attempt at femininity, even my face, malformed through my projection.

I was lost after I quit that job, in the eyes of others. Until I found scaffolding, construction site laboring.

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By Scarlet Alliance

Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association has prepared some informative papers to assist in understanding our industry and the complex laws that impact us!

Briefing Paper: Anti-Discrimination and Vilification Protections for Sex Workers in Australia This briefing paper covers: • Sex worker experiences of discrimination • Current frameworks for anti-discrimination and vilification protections • The best practice model for robust anti-discrimination and vilification protections This resource is currently available in English, and translations in Thai, Simplified Chinese, and Korean will be available soon.

Available here: https://scarletalliance.org.au/library/Anti_Discrim2022

What is the Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work?

This short briefing paper explains what full decriminalisation does and does not include and what sex workers want from sex work law reform. This resource is currently available in English, Thai, and Simplified Chinese, and the Korean translation will be available soon.

• English (https://scarletalliance.org.au/library/briefing_paper_full_decrim) • •

(Thai) (https://scarletalliance.org.au/library/briefing_paper_full_decrim_thai) (Simplified Chinese) (https://scarletalliance.org.au/library/briefing_paper_ full_decrim_chinese)

For more information, or to have a chat with one of our Tasmanian based team, email tas@scarletalliance.org.au or phone 0451 835 887.

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By Claire Ripper

Family Planning Tasmania Hep B Project Family Planning Tasmania has been running a project to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes of Tasmanian migrant and refugee communities.

The project, Supporting Culturally Accessible Sexual and Reproductive Health of Tasmanian Migrant and Refugee Communities has been funded by the Department of Communities and has been supported by: • the Red Cross Bi-Cultural Health Program • Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania • Migrant Resource Centre North • the Multicultural Council of Tasmania • the Glenorchy City Council’s Hear our Voices Program • the Women’s Friendship Group.

The project has developed a resource for migrant and refugee support workers to provide guidance on having a successful sexual and reproductive health chat with clients, and relevant referral organisations.

The project has been guided through consultation with stakeholders and the resource is expected to be released during July for download from fpt.org.au.

A big thank you goes out to all stakeholders and everyone at Family Planning Tasmania who has offered support and feedback for this project. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to know more, contact Claire Ripper via email at edinfo@fpt.asn.au

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NSP OUTLETS & PRIMARY

South

Northwest

The Link 57 Liverpool Street Hobart

Youth, Family and Community Connection 62 Stewart Street Devonport

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 56 Patrick Street Hobart

Anglicare 51 Wilmot Street Burnie

Gagebrook Community Centre 191 Lamprill Circuit Gagebrook

South Bridgewater Community Centre 6 Bowden Drive Bridgewater Anglicare 436 Main Road Glenorchy

Tasmanian Council on Aids, Hepatitis and Related Diseases 319 Liverpool Street Hobart North

Anglicare 18 Watchorn Street Hobart

Cape Barren Community Health Centre 5 Everett Court Cape Barren Island

Clarence Integrated Care Centre 18-22 Bayfield Street Rosny

Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre James Street Flinders Island

North

Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc 16 West Street Lady Barron

Salvation Army 111 Elizabeth Street Launceston

SECONDARY Northwest Burnie Community House 24 Wiseman Street Burnie North West Regional Hospital 23 Brickport Road Burnie King Island District Hospital and Health Centre 35 Edwards Street Currie Devonport Community Health Centre 23 Steele Street Devonport Rosebery Community Hospital Hospital Road Rosebery Smithton District Hospital 74 Brittons Road Smithton Wyndarra Centre Inc. 43 Smith Street Smithton West Coast District Hospital 60-64 Orr Street Queenstown

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 182 Charles Street Launceston Ravenswood Community Health Centre 39-41 Lambert Street Ravenswood St Helens District Hospital 10 Annie Street St Helens

VENDING MACHINES Northwest 40-48 Best Street, Devonport – Ground level, Multi-level carpark South Anglicare 18 Watchorn Street Hobart North Invermay Local Post Office 52 Invermay Road Invermay Salvation Army 111 Elizabeth Street Launceston Youngtown Pharmacy 369 Hobart Road Youngtown

These NSP locations have been reproduced from the DHHS webpage.

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NSP PHARMACIES NORTH WEST

SOUTH

Healthpoint Pharmacy Burnie Pharmacy 4 Less Burnie Upper Burnie Alliance Pharmacy King Island Pharmacy Terry White Chemmart – Valley Road Mersey Pharmacy Terry White Chemmart Latrobe Advantage Pharmacy Penguin Railton Pharmacy Turnbull's Pharmacy Guardian Pharmacy Smithton Somerset Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy Ulverstone Peter Thompson's Pharmacy Westside Pharmacy Dixon's Pharmacy Healthpoint Pharmacy Yolla Community Pharmacy Zeehan Pharmacy

Bellerive Quay Pharmacy Rhys Jones Pharmacy Central Highlands Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy Bridgewater Brighton Pharmacy Chigwell Pharmacy Claremont Discount Pharmacy Derwent Park Pharmacy Terry White Chemmart Dodges Ferry Geeveston Pharmacy Elizabeth Hope Priceline Pharmacy Guardian Pharmacy Glenorchy Central Priceline Pharmacy Hobart Your Hobart Chemist Davey Street Discount Pharmacy Shoreline Amcal Pharmacy Rosetta Pharmacy Wentworth Pharmacy Huonville Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy Kingston Chemist Outlet – Kingston Terry White Chemist Kingston Kingborough Medical Centre Pharmacy Lauderdale Pharmacy Lenah Valley Amcal Pharmacy Lindisfarne Village Chemmart Rosetta Pharmacy Chemist Warehouse Moonah New Norfolk Amcal Community Pharmacy Guardian New Norfolk Pharmacy Epic Pharmacy New Town Friendly Care Chemmart New Town North Hobart Amcal Pharmacy Tasman Pharmacy Oatlands Pharmacy Risdon Vale Pharmacy Chemist Warehouse Rosny Terry White Rosny Park Rhys Jones Pharmacy Magnet Court Chemmart – Terry White Healthpoint Pharmacy Snug Chemmart Sorell Chemist Warehouse Sorell Sorell Plaza Pharmacy South Hobart Capital Chemist Swansea Pharmacy Triabunna Pharmacy Warrane Pharmacy West Hobart Amcal Pharmacy

NORTHWEST Tamar Pharmacy Bicheno Pharmacy Bridport Pharmacy Deloraine Amcal Pharmacy Deloraine Guardian Pharmacy Your Pharmacy George Town Pharmacy Epic Pharmacy Kings Meadows Priceline Pharmacy Launceston Terry White Chemmart Health Hub Hatton and Laws Pharmacy Launceston Terry White Chemmart Launceston Longford Discount Pharmacy Terry White Chemmart Terry White Chemmart Newstead Perth Pharmacy Ravenswood Discount Pharmacy Riverside Pharmacy Galloway's Pharmacy St Helens Pharmacy St Marys Pharmacy Westbury Pharmacy Youngtown Pharmacy

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SIGNPOST

A guide to inclusive organisations in Tasmania SOUTH: A Twist Of Lemons Advocacy Tasmania Advocate Lawyers Alice Butler – Personal Trainer Amplify Fitness Arbonne Independent Consultant Arwen Dyer Bag of Quilting Bronwyn's Driving Instruction Care Forward City Organics Clarence City Council Clarence Doorways Cloddy IT Colony 47 Convict City Rollers Danu Herbs Ella Haddad MP Emily Parkinson – Registered Psychologist Equal Opportunity Tasmania Eye Am Hair Fiori Florist Flourish Mental Health Action in our Hands Inc FRIENDZ LGBTIQ SOCIAL GROUP Glenview Community Services Goodbyes Hobart Hairy Legs Cafe Halcyon South Hamlet Hobart Brewing Company Hobart Cat Café Hobart Functions & Conference Centre Hobart North Uniting Church Hobart Out Tennis Inc Holyoake Hospice volunteers South inside Hobart Ironic Party Planning Joyous Celebrations Junction Motel Kingborough Council LIMBO Party Lindisfarne Psychology & Wellbeing Centre Locker Room Hobart Moto Vecchia Cafe Mures Tasmania New Town Chiropractic New Town Health Ogilvie Jennings Lawyers Peppermint Bay Positive Solutions Pulse Youth Health QTAS Arts Queer Sporting Alliance Rainbow Youth Events Hobart RBK Business Services Red Parka Relationships Australia Tasmania

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RFT – Destination Wellbeing Sarah Lovell MLC Scots Memorial Uniting Church Sensual Potential SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY State Bookstore State Cinema Stress Free Fast Sush Tassie Bird and Poultry Supplies Terry White Chemmart Lindisfarne Terry White Chemmart Rosny Park The Art of Tea Bouteaque The Grand Poobah The Hobart Bookshop The Huon Domestic Violence Service The Link Youth Health Service The Page And Cup Thistle Witch Gardening Tranquility Float and Reflexology Hobart Van Diemen Fencing Club Viridi Natural Therapies Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre Wellington Wanderers West Moonah Neighbourhood Centre West Winds Community Centre Wild Calm Therapies Youth Arts & Recreation Centre

NORTH: Attitude Counselling Beaconsfield Child and Family Centre Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre Bright Beginnings Yoga CVGT Launceston Deloraine House Inc Diversity Launceston Dorset Community House Enterprising Aardvark Counselling and Consultancy Launceston Community Legal Centre Launceston Football Club Lumera Eco Chalets May Shaw Health Centre Medea Park Residential Care National Joblink Launceston Northern Children’s Network Ochre Medical Centre Pinky Community Support Positive Solutions Prydes Support Respect at Work Salveo Healthcare Skittles LGBTQIA+ Youth Group Tamar Visitor Centre The Blue Door The Church Campbell Town Tresca Community Centre

NORTH-WEST: Burnie City Council Connect4Life Dr Claire Jensen East Devonport Neighbourhood House HAEL XIII Headspace Devonport Jaylan Electrical Kentish Regional Clinic Inc. Laneway Cafe Mike Gaffney MLC North-West Pride Patrick Street Clinic Psychology Caffe Sacred Circle Dance Serenity House The Postmaster Inn Bed and Breakfast Victoria Street Clinic Warrawee Women’s Shelter Weddings For Everyone Youth, Family & Community Connections

TASMANIA WIDE: Almost Heaven Clydesdales Anglicare Tasmania Australian Unemployed Workers Union Tasmania Baptcare Family and Community Services Tasmania Carers Tasmania Community and Public Sector Union Council on the Ageing Daydream Photography Engender Equality Equal Together Equality Tasmania Heidi Harrison Psychotherapy Independent Living Centre Tasmania Family Violence Counselling and Support Service Love Is All – Civil Celebrant Marry Me, Memily Mental Health Council of Tasmania Pride Society of UTAS Rainbow Communities Tasmania Rebecca White MP Scarlet Alliance Tasmanian Sex Worker Project Sensual Potential Sexual Assault Support Service St John Ambulance Statewide Sexual Health Service TasCAHRD Tasmania Police TasPride TasTAFE Student Support Team Tender Funerals Transgender Tasmania Uniting AgeWell UTAS Ally Network Working It Out

SERVICES DIRECTORY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TASMANIA

TAS POLICE LGBTIQ LIAISON OFFICERS

https://equalopportunity.tas.gov.au Ph 1300 305 062

www.police.tas.gov.au Ph 03 6230 2111 (Hobart) Ph 03 6336 7000 (Launceston) Ph 03 6434 5211 (North West)

The office of the anti-discrimination commissioner

SCARLET ALLIANCE TASMANIAN SEX WORKER OUTREACH PROJECT outreachtas@scarletalliance.org.au Ph 0451 835 897 www.scarletalliance.org.au

TASPRIDE www.taspride.com Celebrating and uniting the Tasmanian LGBTIQQ community

ATTITUDE COUNSELLING

ATDC TAS – THE ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & OTHER DRUGS COUNCIL OF TASMANIA http://www.atdc.org.au/ Advocating and initiatives

THE LINK YOUTH HEALTH SERVICE & HEAD SPACE FOR PEOPLE AGED 12-24 http://www.thelink.org.au 57 Liverpool St Hobart | Ph 03 6231 2927 Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm

Attitudecounselling.com Ph 0499 184 088 (Launceston)

Counselling, outreach, case management, support for mental and sexual health, alcohol and drugs (incl NSP), family planning

Diversity inclusive counselling service specialising in sexual and mental wellbeing

HOBART COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICE

WORKING IT OUT www.workingitout.org.au

www.hobartlegal.org 166 Macquarie Street, Hobart | Ph 03 6223 2500

Sexuality and gender support and counselling

Shop 3, Covehill Fair, Bridgewater Ph 03 6263 4755

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE

FAMILY PLANNING TASMANIA

http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/sexualhealth Toll Free: 1800 675 859 Clinic 60 – 60 Collins St Hobart Ph 03 6166 2672 Mon – Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm Clinic 34 – 34 Howick St Launceston Ph 03 6777 1371 Mon – Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm Devonport – Ph 03 6777 1371 by appointment only Counselling, support, referrals, STI/HIV testing and PrEP prescriptions

http://www.fpt.asn.au 421 Main Rd Glenorchy Ph 03 6273 9117 | Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5.00pm 269 Wellington St Launceston Ph 03 6343 4566 | Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5.00pm 1 Pine Ave Burnie Ph 03 6431 7692 (Mon, Wed and Thurs) Contraception and pregnancy counselling, sexual health checks, pap smears, information and referrals.

POSITIVE LIVES TASMANIA Advocacy & Support for HIV 0478 909 949

TASCAHRD – TASMANIAN COUNCIL ON AIDS, HEPATITIS & RELATED DISEASES www.tascahrd.org.au Ph 1800 005 900

To have your service listed in this directory contact TasCAHRD on 03 6234 1242 or editor@redthread.org.au Red thread Magazine - Winter 2022

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