Are you engaging in “high risk” behaviour?
What else is going on?
“Risk” means different things to different people. Risk can be just about sex or it can be about other things that impact your sexuality like a change in relationship status or anxiety and depression. Needless to say, decision-making is often loaded with factors that go beyond the mere availability of condoms. These factors can include the type of relationship you have with your partners, your comfort with negotiation, how you’re feeling when you have/seek sex, and the information you have about your own and your partners’ HIV status and viral load.
Whatever your risk—if you’re thinking of making some changes or want talk about things that are impacting your sexual health (mood, substance use, navigating the online world , etc.), make an appointment with Making the Links.
Making the Links is a program at Hassle Free Clinic that puts you in touch with an onsite counsellor to talk about risk or other stuff going on. We offer:
- Brief counseling on any range of issues impacting mental, physical, and sexual health; with an emphasis on factors that influence informed/consent-based decision-making for both HIV-negative and HIV-positive guys
- An opportunity to create insight around “high risk taking”
- Community programs/services referral information suited to your needs and facilitation of referrals where needed
- Sexual health information, risk assessment, and coordination for (repeat) HIV testing
- Workshops services (e.g. healthy relationships, negotiating safer sex, pre- and post-test counseling role plays) for queer men’s community groups. This is offered by request with underlying premise to increase access to testing and examine influences on decision-making
Links’ Resources
- Listing of queer- and queer-knowledgeable psychotherapists in private practice, with sliding scale options, in Toronto
- Listing of programs and services for gay, bisexual, questioning, queer, and trans guys in Toronto
Contact & Availability
Call or email today to make an appointment.
Rahim Thawer, MSW, RSW
Community Prevention Project Coordinator
Making the Links: Connecting Gay/Bi/Queer/Trans Men to Community Services
rahim@hasslefreeclinic.org 416.922.3549 x124
Links’ services are available 5 days a week: Mon/Wed: 4pm-8pm, Tue/Thu: 10am-3pm, Fri: 4pm-7pm
Evaluation
Have you accessed Making the Links services? The clinic wants to know if your needs are being met.
Give us your feedback by filling out these short surveys:
- 1-2 days after your visit
- 3 months after your visit
