Red Thread Edition 45 Spring 2022

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I love seeing the plants bloom and the wildlife come back out after the winter – birds flying free, bees buzzing contentedly, butterflies escaping their cocoons.

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Speaking of the birds and the bees, I had the privilege to attend the Australasian Conference on HIV and AIDS + Sexual Health and wow, what an experience.

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I had a whirlwind up on the Sunshine Coast heading to seminar after seminar, professional development dinners to networking events, to a cheeky bit of me time (I do not mean sex –get your mind out of the gutter!) on the beach after a long day. I had an absolute blast and I hope I get the chance to attend again next year.

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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 Contributors: CONTENTS Understanding HIV 4 Principles for Model Sex Legislation 5 Sex negativity hurts us all 6 The complex space of coming out 8 Ageing Queers - the movie 10 Silver in the Rainbow 12 HIV and your mental health 14 Proud and safe 16 Egress nights 18 Bus aisle magic 19 NSP Outlets & NSP Pharmacies 20 Signpost 22 Service Directory 23 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 Scarlet Alliance Isaac Tye Randos Korobacz Rose Boccalatte Jen Wiedman Tracey Wing Working It Out Elwyn Niamh Schofield

People with more than one sexual partner & people who inject drugs should test regularly for HIV at GPs, sexual health & youth health services.

HIV can't be cured yet, but daily medication can reduce viral load, reducing severity of symptoms

Taking meds as directed can lead to Undetectable = Untransmissable

HIV levels are monitored from time to time to ensure levels are kept low, or better yet undetectable, which means untransmissable:

U=U

T R E A T M O N I T O R

PrEP, PEP and safer sex practices can prevent transmission. Treatment can reduce HIV levels to the point that it is not transmissable.

P R E V E N T

By Scarlet Alliance

Principles for Model Sex Work Legislation

This is a resource for law reform in Australia, a summary of the research, arguments and evidence, divided into nine topics. It also includes a basic outline of sex work preferred terminology, and different types of law reform. Each Chapter has a separate brief sheet and recommendations. First published in 2000, this updated edition draws upon a national consultation process with sex workers as well as a comprehensive literature review.

If you would like to discuss Sex Work Legislation in Lutruwita (Tasmania), or obtain a copy of this resource, contact Scarlet Alliance Lutruwita (Tasmania) Sex Worker Project:

t | 0451 835 897 e | tas@scarletalliance.org.au

To view a copy of the resource online, go to scarletalliance.org.au/pub/

Support for workers in the sex industry in Lutruwita (Tasmania)

The Scarlet Alliance Lutruwita (Tasmania) Sex Worker Project is run by sex workers, for sex workers. Our peer services include:

• Condoms and other safer sex products sold at wholesale price and free samples

• Beppy sponges available for sale

• We come to you! Weekly condom drop offs to Nipaluna (Hobart) and Launceston, and surrounding suburbs, and regular outreach to other regional areas

• Medical & health resources and referrals

• Resources and referrals for sex worker friendly legal services, financial services, accommodation options, etc.

• Sex worker only resources for safer working environments

• Sex worker only social events and networking

• New worker orientation and training

• Translated information in Simplified Chinese, Thai, and Korean

Scarlet Alliance Lutruwita (Tasmania) Sex Worker Project

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm by appointment or drop in any Wednesday afternoon.

First Floor | Nigel Mallett House | 319 Liverpool St, Hobart Coordinator 0451 835 897 or tas@scarletalliance.org.au

Outreach 0481 264 925 or outreachtas@scarletalliance.org.au

By Isaac Tye

Sex negativity hurts us all

We find a lot of ways not to talk about sex, for something we all know exists.

Your parents (probably) had sex.

I now consider sex positivity an act of activism. When we avoid talking about sex, we lose the ability to communicate effectively - and the harm is everywhere. For LGBTQ+ and disabled people, it is important that we do not be quiet about sex.

Sex is one of the most basic human instincts, and evidence shows that sex positivity and open discussion improves health outcomes and mental health. Nonetheless, sex is increasingly being ushered off the cultural stage.

Bad (or no) sex ed increases the risk of STIs and teenage pregnancies. Sex negativity makes it harder to discuss sexual assault, woman’s and transgender health, and relationships. When sex becomes impossible to discuss, it becomes easy to spread myths.

Recently, a friend became interested in an anti-porn movement. I was curious what the movement stood for, and fell down an internet rabbit hole. I discovered a not-for-profit that is only thinly distanced from its relationship to religious organisations in America. The movement promotes pseudoscience that directly compares porn to alcohol and hard drugs. They heavily discourage masturbation, and imply that porn use and masturbation is tied to violent crime, sex worker exploitation and relationship failure.

Organisations like these are not uncommon. They take varyingly soft to hard stances against porn, sex and sexual expression. Some only attempt to stigmatise it, some argue for a complete ban on sex work and porn, and their definition of porn often encompasses any art or literature that mentions sex.

They are often the drivers of public moral panics about sex, porn, child exploitation, alleged or real, and sex education, and many are funded by religious organisations but become secular by the use of legal fiction.

In such an atmosphere of sexual purity, we can quickly find ourselves categorised as impure. LGBTQ+ and disabled people are often stigmatised for enjoying sex. A gay kiss is often viewed as more “obscene” than a straight one. Social media platforms ban words as simple as lesbian. LGBTQ+ content falls afoul of adult content filters more often than straight content. LGBTQ+ youtubers are de-monetised for the same content that straight people can place ads on.

Inappropriate and obscene are words thrown around in discussions of sex. Obscene is the same word so many laws historically used - and in some places still use today - to criminalize LGBTQ+ people and our art, literature and lives.

Unlike the 20th century obscenity laws that once banned gay erotica from the postal system and book stores, today social media platforms are deciding what gets to be seen.

There are no laws to challenge and no court to appeal. Massive conglomerates have become the arbiters of sexual expression, and often their policies are guided by the moral panics stirred up by anti-sex organisations.

LGBTQ+ people can help by being openly positive about sex. It benefits us all, and it is a critical part of LGBTQ+ activism. In the absence of our loud voices, sex negativity flourihses. LGBTQ+ people cannot be equal in a culture that doesn’t make space for sexual expression.

And sex is healthy and fun.

By Randos Korobacz

The complex space of coming out

It’s about you, me and all of us.

I think it's fair to say that when we think about coming out, most of us would default to the idea that it's about someone claiming their sexual orientation or identity. This is true, Coming Out is a rainbow term, with a rainbow history. But if we look deeper, it is an experience that can teach us a lot about what truth, trust and love are.

Coming out is about being human, and it is not an experience purely limited to those under the rainbow umbrella.

At its core, coming out is about making or taking a stand to live your truth. Coming out is a part of a process of understanding, accepting, and valuing who you are. It can be a gradual course or one that is very sudden. Sure, you could see someone or something that confirms and unboxes a hidden truth of your sexual orientation or identity, but you could have just found out you have a type of Hepatitis or HIV. Or you could have spent time in jail, or want to shift from one major political or religious position to another. In any case there’s a moment where you are confronted with a truth that you personally can’t deny, and there’ll come a time when you will want or need to tell others.

Coming out can be a very difficult process, because it is an offering of trust to those you choose to come out to. It is a declaration of honesty of who you are, and a quest to be a part of the community, whatever that may look like.

Yet our society strongly enforces dominant codes of behaviour and as such you may feel ashamed, isolated, and afraid.

Although coming out can be difficult, it can also be very liberating. When you own who you are, the truth is like a superpower, because it empowers you to grow and transform. It's like a personal shield that stops people trying to control you, and it’s your very own people filter of who gets to be your friend.

That’s the point, coming out is self-acceptance – you approve of you. You may find a whole community of people like you and feel supported and inspired. Even if it’s scary to think about coming out to others, the reward is worth the challenge that coming out entails. Sadly, when we push down, hide, or reject parts of ourselves, that part of us WILL come out in other ways - usually it will be negative or unhealthy.

If only people understood what a truly beautiful thing it is for someone to come out to

them. It fosters a sense of community and love, which often leads to people finding better, more informed care. The act alone can also actually relieve the pain that hiding in plain sight does to the mind, body and soul.

So, if you are thinking about coming out, there are some things you should consider.

• Coming out is a process. You may choose to tell your family or friends, sometimes right away, sometimes later, and there will be people you won’t tell at all. And that's ok, it's called a healthy boundary.

• Coming out isn’t a one-time thing. Many people assume that everyone they meet is “normal” (whatever the fuck that is). Coming out is a constant process. Every time you meet someone new, you get to decide if, when, and how to come out.

• Coming out can have benefits and risks. You may feel safer not coming out in certain situations. You don’t have to be out everywhere, all the time. You can decide what’s best for you.

No doubt about it, coming out is complex, often very difficult and different for everyone. But it can bring about a lot of positive change.

By choosing my truth, the sweet and brutal truth for who I am, I am living an empowered life I never dreamt possible for myself. Even when my heart has been broken, or a relationship with a family member is forever changed because I’ve come out, I’m still 100% happier than before I came out, because coming out is actually about coming in.

By Tracey Wing

Ageing Queers – The movie Calling for participants!

Sparkling dialogue and full of surprises, definitely recommend a nap afterwards, 10 out of 10.

If you’re not already a member of our community of ageing and older LGBTIQ folk, here in Tas, do you often think about what it will be like one day?

Do you look forward to a time later in life when things will have changed, hopefully for the better?

Do you wonder what it may be like for older people in our community now?

The short answer is it depends on who you are or who you are talking to. We know we are collectively part of an aging population, and we know about the culture wars between boomers and millennials or Gen Zeds. (Where did Gen Xers and Gen Ys go? Has anyone checked behind the couch?)

But for those of us who are living somewhere more or less in our advanced years, and for those of us yet to get there, I have questions.

What do we have in common?

What are our biggest differences and are they a problem?

Do we have anything to offer each other?

I’m Tracey, (she/her, I.E., ‘Omg what is she wearing?’ or ‘Oh no, it’s her again’), and I’ve made it my mission to answer those above questions, with your help.

I’ve recently started work on a project with the snappy title ‘LGBTIQ Community Visitors Scheme’ (hmm, needs work) and I’m looking for participants, including those who can suggest a snappier title!

For all sorts of reasons, times are tough for many folks in our LGBTIQ Tassie family, regardless of their age or circumstance, and we need each other for support, validation, visibility and celebration as much as we ever have. This project happens to be one very snappy way to do just that.

Interested?

What we definitely know:

Older LGBTIQ folk who access aged care services, either in an aged care residence or their own home, often experience loneliness, isolation, a feeling of being forced back into the closet, or a loss of connection with the queer community. They are not the only ones, but getting older is very much a risk factor.

What we are pretty sure of but want to find out for certain:

There are lots of other LGBTIQ folks out there who can demonstrate their fabulousness and make a difference in the lives of the abovementioned older folks!

In case you are wondering, this is a shout out to find people from both groups, volunteer visitors and folks who are accessing aged care services, so we here at Working It Out can match you up.

As a volunteer visitor, you receive specialist training and ongoing support, and as a recipient of aged care services, you get someone to laugh with, and chat with, and generally brighten up your day. You both get to hang out with someone who is fabulous, so it’s definitely win-win.

You’ll be hearing more from me in the next 12 months, as we host some Pride Morning/ Afternoon Teas and Pride Quiz events, including one during Senior’s Week in October (see the event notice over the page). There will be more volunteer training and getting participants on board, but if you’re already convinced of how good this sounds and would like to be involved, please get in touch.

It’s time to get your fabulous on!

Tracey Wing, Project Officer, Community Visitors Scheme, Working It Out

Email: tracey@workingitout.org.au

Phone: (03) 6231 1200

By Jen Wiedman

HIV and your mental health

Communities living with or at risk of HIV are at a higher risk for developing mental health issues.

If this is you, or someone you care about, it can be helpful to know that as someone adjusts to a new or ongoing health status, then anxiety, depression, stress or other mood disorders can creep in. Additionally, if a person has existing mental health concerns, a new diagnosis can add to the dilemma.

Some situations can perpetuate mental health concerns for folks living with HIV:

• Trouble accessing services

• Experiencing loss of social support and increasing isolation

• Experiencing employment loss or changes, or being unable to perform as well as before

• Having to tell others about the HIV diagnosis

• Managing medications and treatment, feeling confused or overwhelmed

• Medication side effects

• Dealing with losses like relationships or physical health abilities

• Facing stigma and discrimination associated with HIV

HIV and related infections may also affect the brain and nervous system, and this in turn can cause changes in how someone thinks and behaves. It is possible to stay ahead of these changes if we slow down, understand the situation, get informed and speak with a professional.

What’s particularly important to understand is that mental health issues can be addressed, especially with trusted folks, professionals and safe communities. Knowing there’s help out there is a good first step. Knowing what resources are available and relevant is a great next step.

Overall, feeling more in control of ourselves and our situations can be very empowering. It will help feel steadier when challenging moods or mental health changes come along.

Speaking to others in a group or in individual therapy can be useful to hear our concerns normalised and validated, as well as to challenge any unhelpful thought patterns.

It’s normal to feel elevated levels of stress and worry with any new health change or with dips in our health.

It's important to know that all of it is completely manageable.

Good mental health can help us continue to live our life to the fullest and is a huge part of successfully treating HIV.

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

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

By Rose Boccalatte

Proud and safe

I have recently been asking myself a question after a distressing experience at a local shopping centre:

Is it more important to be safe or to be proud?

Upon entering the complex, my partner and I felt the weight of dozens of stares upon us and looking around revealed a mixture of uncomfortable and disgusted faces. Being visibly transgender and openly queer, I am not unused to such attention, however the intensity of the experience was such that it left a lasting impact.

Is it more important to be safe, or to be proud?

Is it possible to be both?

There is no question about the importance of personal safety. But is it worth it - if I cannot even go to the shops being myself.

To answer this question, I believe we need to look to the past, to times where being a member of the LGBTQIA+ community was both illegal and heavily discriminated against.

The discrimination and legislation that existed at the time were not changed by polite requests, but by activism, protests, and demonstrations. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community were arrested, abused, injured, and murdered during the struggle for equal rights.

The individuals and groups who fought for our rights risked both their livelihoods and their lives in their struggle against systemic homophobia. Through their sacrifice they ensured that we are all free to be proud and open about who we are as members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

If we as members of the community - if I myself - am cowed by experiences such as when I was at the local shopping centre, does that honour the sacrifices of the elders and leaders of the community?

I do not believe so.

When I experience homophobia, I am inspired to become more visible. Every stare makes me stand taller; every abusive comment makes my voice louder.

But what if the situation is not safe for me to be proud and visible?

Should I avoid being myself in public?

I do not believe so.

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community should never have to conceal or hide themselves to be safe. Indeed, we can be both safe AND proud. What needs to change, who needs to change, is in fact the Tasmanian community.

We as members of the LGBTQIA+ community have always been here, regardless of the laws of the time, and we will always continue to be here even if we become criminalised again. We cannot, and will not, go away. Our sexualities and gender identities cannot be changed by others, so therefore what needs to change are those other people.

When we see real positive change in the Tasmanian community, only then will it be possible to be simultaneously safe and proud.

So, to the Tasmanian community, I put this to you:

I will continue to be visible and continue to be proud.

Only you can ensure that I am safe to be me.

Will you make the change needed so that I can be safe?

Rose Boccalatte is a Board Member of Equality Tasmania.

By Elwyn

Egress nights

Egress Nights, curated by the everentrepreneurial Priya Vunaki (Baddi Addi) is a monthly musicking voyage seeking to dislocate attendees from sonic complacency and reticence. By facilitating connectivity to the harsh, abrasive and evocative, Egress gives platform to a palate of artists whose sounds prove equal in dulcet as they are cacophonic.

The second installation began at the Founder’s Room on a Saturday evening with producer Soda Lite. Emissions from their Aqua Solar Cura record transported listeners into a realm where nature and human imagination collide. Steering the jog wheels of their synthesized production, Soda Lite captained images of a utopia in ecological harmony. Bird song coalesced into floral electrical impulses, liquid flowed into every cornerstone of earthly and fleshy foundations. Guided was the sense of self, into an ethereal unification with the rhythmic frequencies of the biosphere and its keyboard fantasies.

Modo ensued, with vocals snatches chattering atop looped voices that coaxed even the most conservative limbs across the floorboards and into Modo’s kinesphere. They moved with sheer intelligence and the grace of a gothic tree, branching out with a fistful of microphones and synth lines that splinter hurriedly across fault lines on the exposed beams above. Modo exhales a coarse note and bleeds out a hyper pop ballad or two, equally exposed and unafraid under the tremors of blue light.

Up next were ECB. Two artists seated face to face, trawling the anemones of YouTube and synthesising it into algorithms of fragmented,

dystopian staccato paired against a backdrop of cityscapes claustrophobic with urban sprawl. Clip grabs from grime, air horns, soprano saxes, drill and wigged whistles quickly turn polyrhythms into abrasive punctuations as dancers try and parry the club abstractions with feeble legs. Face down bums up, these two shatter tracks and reframe them, jacking the low end and staining each phrase with their phosphorescent fingers.

Slumber provides the antidote, bathing us in a pool of asthmatic reverb as their voice rises, falls and falters, sombre and chlorinated in the shallows. Obscured by a dark laptop and a fluorescent apple, Slumber sedates the crowd, many opting to wash their bodies atop of Slumbers droning evocations and the coarse wood below. Low fi Ableton’s kicks and crashes accentuate Slumber’s inhibitions and the ease with which the music can be accessed. It’s a reduced approach that gives you the sense that they are making music from and for the bedroom. Music to remind you of your sanctuary and the melancholy creased between your sheets.

Egress is an insight into the kinetic imaginations of some of nipaluna’s soundscape and experimental artists. It’s queer world making right under Salamanca’s nose. Laying down a gauntlet for unlikely tonal relationships and the improvised social dancing that follows.

Bus aisle magic

I have always been a big believer in bus seat eye contact as the best way to secure a lovely person.

My first ever real crush - you should have seen them, for-real stylish, with matted straw-like hair, sausage skin jeans, and a button up (only done up at the top) - was my first attempt at bringing theory into reality.

Success is a difficult concept to define - but for me, a wide cheeky grin - wow, what gums, I still remember that smile vividly - and a few snapchats during the twilight hours of 9 pm to 11 pm were sufficient.

Still now on the bus, I try to grab people’s souls - not even just for romance, but more just for a thrill. This has ended in a few mid bus blow ups with intoxicated people, but my habit persists. I still believe (well at least, kind of - in the way a child believes in the tooth fairy, because it’s fun to believe in stuff) that this forbidden form of connection might just be the strongest.

I think that looking at your phone and seeing another person type - you know that notification that pops up, when you see their words bumping along three dots and you know they’re thinking it over - that’s the internet replica of making mutual eye contact. Seeing that they’re online, the instant you are, reaching into their brain. It’s the same heart shot feeling of, wow, they’re really here, that you get from the bus. It’s a moment.

Not so long ago, I was in love with a girl (a 28 year old girl? Is that a thing? It is in Melbourne...), and I went fully nuts. And we met each other on the internet. I have a small diary from the

time we knew each other, and each entry is non-linear, but you can tell the timeline from how they escalate in derangement - “Your eyesblue? Or brown? Or are they just exactly like mine?”

“The sun, The Wind, the bright open door

“I want to stay here forever, “Just waiting to hear from you!

“But I’m too thirsty.”

The day after we first met each other I remember the sun penetrating my skull just like that, and looking up at her, and just being unable to stop myself from kissing her - but before I could, she bowed her long neck down to kiss me first. I was swept off my feet. I lived in Gippsland at the time - and I awaited our visits with feverish naivety. Suddenly, embarrassingly, and horribly, like dripping afterbirth, she stopped talking to me. It was in hindsight lucky I lived so far away. I was driven mental.

I deleted all our messages, photos, poems, and jokes. Even phone records - all the times she had called me for comfort - bitterly wrenched in my brain.

For a long while, I kept my online tendrils sunk in, each new bit of information rendering wounds in my extremely swollen and fragile ego.

I would check our Whatsapp chat sometimes, and though it was blank and cleared of all color, I’d see her on the other end.

Active 8.31 pm- only 9 minutes ago.

And I would wonder if her eyes were looking for mine, down that long bus aisle.

NSP OUTLETS &

PRIMARY

Northwest

Youth, Family and Community Connection

62 Stewart Street Devonport

Anglicare 51 Wilmot Street Burnie

South

Bridgewater Community Centre 6 Bowden Drive Bridgewater

Anglicare 436 Main Road Glenorchy

Anglicare 18 Watchorn Street Hobart

Clarence Integrated Care Centre

18-22 Bayfield Street Rosny

North

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

South

The Link 57 Liverpool Street Hobart

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 56 Patrick Street Hobart

Gagebrook Community Centre 191 Lamprill Circuit Gagebrook

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

North

Cape Barren Community Health Centre

5 Everett Court Cape Barren Island

Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre James Street Flinders Island

Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc 16 West Street Lady Barron

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.

NSP PHARMACIES

NORTH WEST

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

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

SOUTH

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

SIGNPOST

A guide to inclusive organisations in Tasmania

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

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

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

https://equalopportunity.tas.gov.au

Ph 1300 305 062

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

Attitudecounselling.com

Ph 0499 184 088 (Launceston)

Diversity inclusive counselling service specialising in sexual and mental wellbeing

WORKING IT OUT

www.workingitout.org.au

Sexuality and gender support and counselling

SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICE

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

TASCAHRD – TASMANIAN COUNCIL ON AIDS, HEPATITIS & RELATED DISEASES

www.tascahrd.org.au

Ph 1800 005 900

TAS POLICE LGBTIQ LIAISON OFFICERS

www.police.tas.gov.au

Ph 03 6230 2111 (Hobart)

Ph 03 6336 7000 (Launceston)

Ph 03 6434 5211 (North West)

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

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

HOBART COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICE

www.hobartlegal.org

166 Macquarie Street, Hobart | Ph 03 6223 2500

Shop 3, Covehill Fair, Bridgewater

Ph 03 6263 4755

FAMILY PLANNING TASMANIA

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

To have your service listed in this directory contact TasCAHRD on 03 6234 1242 or editor@redthread.org.au

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