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“In our clinics we are frequently laughed at & judged. It forces some people to stop going entirely. Our clinics must treat people who use drugs, sex workers, & the LGBTQIA community with dignity & respect, so that we can protect our own health & lives" #KeyPopsHealth

3/3 Harm reduction services should also be available for all members of key populations who use drugs, such as new needles/syringes and safe places to dispose of used needles/syringes or other injecting equipment, overdose treatment, & methadone #KeyPopsHealth.

2/3 Clinicians must understand the health needs of trans and gender diverse people and be able to offer appropriate services, including hormone therapy #KeyPopsHealth.

1/3 To function effectively, Centres of Excellence must offer the clinical services & expertise members of key populations need inc. primary services for HIV, TB, STIs, sexual & reproductive health, post violence, TB, hepatitis & all other primary health services #KeyPopsHealth

A J88 form records medical evidence needed in order to obtain a conviction in an assault case. You cannot open a case without one. However, some people we spoke to who tried to access a J88 form were denied bc of being queer, trans, or a sex worker #KeyPopsHealth

Clinics must provide safe & caring post violence services, esp given the GBV epidemic, abuse faced by sex workers by clients/partners, & attacks on queer & trans people. Yet only 52% of GBMSM, 52% of trans people & 50% of sex workers thought staff were well trained #KeyPopsHealth

Trans people are discriminated against at the clinic. They call you by the wrong name. You cannot access hormones there. And if you need contraception, they would ask you to go bring evidence of menstruation #KeyPopsHealth

They give us general services but we don’t get contraceptives. They say we cannot fall pregnant while smoking nyaope #KeyPopsHealth

Only 65% of sex workers, 64% of trans people, & 63% of people who use drugs reported being able to access the contraceptives they wanted. This is worse than our 2022 results #KeyPopsHealth

Most of the time, the people in the clinic would call me by my birth name or call me brother or he. Even when I correct them, they still continue to do the same thing. they do not want to change #KeyPopsHealth

I went to the clinic to enquire about hormones. The nurse told me that because I am a man, I cannot need hormones. It is like they have not been sensitised, they have no idea of who trans people are or what type of services we need #KeyPopsHealth

If they can’t give us hormones at our clinics — can’t they provide planned patient transport for us to get it where it is available? #KeyPopsHealth

Gender dysphoria can be extremely distressing & can lead to broader mental health issues. Also we live in a country rife with transphobia & attacks on trans people. Hormones are a life saving treatment. Yet hormone therapy is not available #KeyPopsHealth

Trans women are women. Yet 21% of trans women interviewed reported being told to use a service delivery point for men. Forcing trans women to use spaces for men is not gender affirming care — it is reckless and dangerous #KeyPopsHealth

Only 32% of trans people interviewed said that staff were always respectful of their gender identity. 64% of trans people said they used their wrong name and 64% said they use their wrong pronouns #KeyPopsHealth

Most of the people who use drugs share needles without knowing each other's HIV statuses #KeyPopsHealth

Only 10% of people who use drugs interviewed were even given any information about where they could get it. Methadone must be made available, closer to where people actually live in order to be useful #KeyPopsHealth