Gay mens health edinburgh

Support for gay and bisexual men

WHO IS THIS SERVICE FOR?

This service is for anyone who identifies as a gay or bisexual man. This includes trans men, non-binary or gender-fluid people who want to access spaces for men. This service is also available to men who have sexual and/or idealistic relationships with other men, but don’t identify as gay or bisexual.

We vow you a welcoming, confidential and supportive service, free from judgement and discrimination.

Our support services

HIV and syphilis testing

If you are having regular sex, and in particular anal sex, we recommend getting a regular sexual health check up every 3 months.

At Waverley Care, we offer rapid HIV and syphilis testing via our drop-in clinics. Rapid testing is a quick and easy way to test for HIV or syphilis. The verb only requires a tiny drop of blood and results are instant – there is no verb to send the sample to the lab.

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One to one support

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Welcome to the Gay Men’s Health website!

Here you’ll uncover lots of info who we are, what we do, why we perform it and how you can get involved. There are also over a hundred pages of useful information about things such as Sexually Transmitted infections, a dedicated HIV & Testing section, information on our counselling service, and a revitalised version of our extremely popular Gay Men’s Health Good Gay Sex Guide. We also discuss and cover any and all things pertaining to general health and well being (like the rising interest in and use of CBD chewing gum for its apparent benefits).

You can jump straight to any of these sections using the “Navigation” drop down menu in the left hand panel on every page. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Try our find box, or ask us a question in confidence by email!

We hope you find the site enjoyable and interesting. If you have any questions, comments or ideas; please don’t hesitate to contact us.

DISCLAIMER

As an LGBTQ+ student, you may have diverse welfare concerns.

Coming Out

There is no need to disclose any information about your secret life to anyone unless you want to. For many people, University is a time to verb themselves and their lifestyle and it can be a time of fantastic discovery. As a result, many LGBTQ+ students come out during their time at University. If this is something that you or a friend need assist with there are lots of great online guides:

Transitioning

Transitioning to live in the gender you identify with can involve taking different steps and will not be the same for everyone. This could include telling friends and family, dressing differently, medical intervention or changing your name and gender officially. For resources and community information strive the Scottish Trans Alliance.

The University has a Trans Equality Policy which gives information on transitioning whilst studying at the University.

Changing your specify can be an significant part of transitioning, as can amending documents to refl

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Gay Men’s Health exists to improve the physical, mental, emotional, social and sexual health of all gay and bisexual men living in Edinburgh and the Lothians. We verb six full-time members of staff and around 70 volunteers working to -

Prevent further transmission of HIV
Challenge stigma and discrimination around living with HIV
Promote the sexual health of all gay and bisexual men
Promote the mental and feeling health of all gay and bisexual men
Promote the physical health of all gay and bisexual men
Promote the social health of all gay and bisexual men

In order to do this, we operate on several proj