HIV among potential outbreaks feared by Gay Men’s Health Service – The Irish Tim

Contents:

• GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE STI CLIC
• GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATN
• THE ONLY GAY SEXUAL HEALTH CLIC IRELAND HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE WHOLE PANMIC
• GAY MEN’S HEALTH SERVICE, BAGGOT STREET IS MOVG LOTN
• HIV AMONG POTENTIAL OUTBREAKS FEARED BY GAY MEN’S HEALTH SERVICE
• GAY MEN BEG TURNED AWAY OM DUBL STI SCREENG CLIC DUE TO LACK OF STAFFTHE GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE OFFERS EE STI CHECKS TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AT S CLIC BAGGOT STREET HOSPALIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYMARK O'BRIEN14:51, 16 JUN 2019BOOKMARKBAGGOT STREET HOSPAL (IMAGE: GOOGLE MAPS)WANT THE LATT POLIL NEWS AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT THE LATT POLIL NEWS AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE BT OF GAY DUBL
• CALL FOR REOPENG OF UNTRY'S ONLY GAY MEN'S HEALTH CLIC
• GAY MEN'S HEALTH PROJECT

GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE STI CLIC

GMHS servic are open and ee to gay and bisexual men, men who have sex wh men and the trans muny. Gay Men's Health Service (GMHS), HSE, Meath Primary Care Centre, Heytbury Street, Dubl 8.

The STI clil servic are for all gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (MSM) and transgenr people. GMHS is Ireland’s only dited statutory sexual health and wellbeg service for gay and bisexual men, men who have sex wh men and the trans populatn. Gay Men's Health Service.

Gay Health Fora. The Gay Health Fom (GHF) is the natnal fom on the sexual health and wellbeg of the MSM muny Ireland. Organised by the Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) along wh Gay Health Network (GHN) sce 2003.

GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATN

Accs to rearch and reports that have been nducted by, or wh the assistance of the Gay Men’s Health Service.

Keep up to date wh HIV and STI rmatn data and other relevant reports available om Health Protectn Surveillance Centre () and Gay Health Network ().

Ireland's only dited sexual health clic for men who have sex wh men has been shut for the entirety of the COVID panmic, leavg more than 10, 000 people whout accs to sexual at the Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) Dubl had long been workg on prer agency ntracts.

THE ONLY GAY SEXUAL HEALTH CLIC IRELAND HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE WHOLE PANMIC

The rult is long term closure, and activists have warned VICE World News that this uld ntribute to a sexual health crisis among the cy’s gay populatn.

“I spect we’ll be alg wh for a very long time to e, ” says Adam Shanley of muny anisatn opened 1992, ne months before Ireland even crimalised homosexualy. “If you teract wh a GP who don’t unrstand the sexual landspe of a gay man, that n end up dog more damage than good, ” Shanley said.

The HSE also piloted sh24, an STI home-ttg k, which sold out hours, ditg that mand for STI ttg is sperate, wh people unsure where to seek Dubl gay man, who relied on the GMHS for ttg, reported wag two months wh symptomatic gonorrhea before he found accs to a clic last October.

GAY MEN’S HEALTH SERVICE, BAGGOT STREET IS MOVG LOTN

Photo: Supplied by Act Up DublLeavt, of Act Up Dubl, says that gay men have reported “self-diagnosg and self-treatg wh antibtics” over the panmic, due to the difficulty of gettg treatment.

Dpe beg traed by the clic, gag sential cultural petence alg wh the unique health needs of Dubl’s gay and bi men and trans muny, and buildg important relatnships wh service ers, staff were never provid wh permanent the panmic h, the agency staff were reployed to assist wh the COVID-19 rponse and many were offered permanent posns health servic elsewhere. “A lot of were gay men, and we wanted to work there, we wanted to work for the muny we were part of. The Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) is movg om s lotn on Baggot Street, Dubl to the Meath Primary Care Centre, Heytbury Street, Dubl 8.

Outhoe is a clic for gay and bisexual men, MSM and transgenr women. It wasn’t always that way, but there has been a massive shift general attus sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1993.

HIV AMONG POTENTIAL OUTBREAKS FEARED BY GAY MEN’S HEALTH SERVICE

BarsDubl’s olst and biggt gay bar is The Gee, which has been servg the cy’s LGBTQ+ muny for over thirty years. Also worth checkg out is the Internatnal Gay Theatre Ftival, which ually tak place May and featur LGBTQ+-themed productns staged theatr and smaller venu across the cy. Out2Tennis, meanwhile, is Ireland’s gay tennis work, anisg events and tournaments around the cy.

GAY MEN BEG TURNED AWAY OM DUBL STI SCREENG CLIC DUE TO LACK OF STAFFTHE GAY MEN'S HEALTH SERVICE OFFERS EE STI CHECKS TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AT S CLIC BAGGOT STREET HOSPALIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYMARK O'BRIEN14:51, 16 JUN 2019BOOKMARKBAGGOT STREET HOSPAL (IMAGE: GOOGLE MAPS)WANT THE LATT POLIL NEWS AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT THE LATT POLIL NEWS AND ANALYSIS LIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Media ptnPractice your serve wh Out2Tennis, Ireland's gay tennis work. The closure of Ireland’s only dited sexual health clic for gay men has fuelled ncerns of a “massive surge” sexually transmted fectn outbreaks cludg ’s Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS) shut s doors on March 19th last year as a nsequence of the panmic and has only recently rumed on a limed basis.

Members of the gay muny and healthre profsnals have urged s immediate reopeng, particularly to screen for STIs and to expand s PrEP scheme – Pre Exposure Prophylaxis meditn taken to rce the chance of ntractg HIV.

THE BT OF GAY DUBL

However, Act Up (Aids Coaln to Unleash Power), a grassroots activist anisatn, says the service normally se about 1, 000 people every a recent letter pleadg for service rumptn, the anisatn warned of the “disastro nsequenc for the sexual health of gay and bisexual men Dubl and Ireland” of s ongog closure. Given the high rat of STI diagnosis among gay and bisexual men when screeng is wily available, is almost certa that the number of undiagnosed and untreated STIs has grown substantially the last year, ” said. ”Gonorrhoea and syphilisHowever, he said while there was anecdotal evince that gonorrhoea and syphilis fectns appear to be problematic over the last year, he has not heard of siar issu wh Gilmore, an assistant profsor of nursg at Universy College Dubl and a member of Act Up, noted there has always been health equaly the gay muny.

Gay men are beg turned away om an STI screeng service Dubl due to a lack of staff at the centre. The Gay Men's Health Service offers ee STI checks to gay and bisexual men at s clic Baggot Street Hospal. “Only recently, I have been ntacted by several gay men who were turned away om the Gay Men’s Health Service (GMHS), loted on Baggot Street, due to a lack of pacy.

Deputy Donnelly said there was "no pot" the Taoiseach postg such vios if gay men were beg turned away om screeng centr. The cy’s pact size means ’s easy to bop om place to place and LGBT travellers shouldn’t feel they’re limed to ‘official’ gay-iendly venu; would be difficult to fd a venue Dubl cy centre you won’t be wele .

CALL FOR REOPENG OF UNTRY'S ONLY GAY MEN'S HEALTH CLIC

If you want to dive head-first to the gay scene though, the are the plac to start. As many Wtern ci, gay bars are more likely to be closg down than openg up Dubl, as homosexualy be more accepted across all venu.

GAY MEN'S HEALTH PROJECT

North of the Liffey, Pantibar ntu to draw crowds, thanks part to beg owned by the unofficial queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss, bonafi drag royalty and one of the untry’s leadg gay rights activists. Wh lourful flowers and plenty of cycle lan, mak for a nice sojourn and has a wir signifince: the tragic murr of a lol gay man lled Declan Flynn the park 1982 is wily nsired the talyst for the Irish gay rights movement.

LGBT-iendly venu existed long before homosexualy was legalised 1993. Break for the Borr stands place of Bartley Dunne’s, probably the untry’s first gay-iendly venue, which prid self on allowg punks and ‘alternative’ people , while the Vikg holds the tle of beg Ireland’s first exclively gay bar – ’s now unr new management and has been renamed Brogan’s.