Our Health Matters: Be You
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• Condoms, dams, and gloves remain the best prevention against HIV infection.
• Condoms, dams, and gloves don’t make you ill with nasty side effects.
• Condoms, dams, and gloves are easy to access and carry with you.
• Everyone has a responsibility to protect themselves and their partners from contracting HIV. Safer sex and safer injecting practices remain the best ways to prevent HIV infection. This involves using condoms with water-based lubricant and always using sterile injecting equipment.
• PEP is not a guarantee that HIV infection will be prevented.
• PEP will not make people immune to future HIV exposures. People still need to practice safer sex and use safer injecting practices to prevent HIV infection. If you are exposed to HIV again in the future, you should seek medical assistance to access PEP again.
Your nearest GP HIV treatments prescriber
Departments of Emergency Medicine (Accident and Emergency) in major hospitals:
Contact details are listed in the White Pages under ‘Hospitals’, or by phoning 13 HEALTH
2Spirits & QC's Gender Affirming Products Program provides chest binders and tucking pants free to Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanders who need them but may not be able to afford them.
Chest binders and tucking pants are essential gender affirming wear for many Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people and can be a huge confidence booster that promotes gender euphoria. For many Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people gender affirming items such as these are essential to promoting positive mental health.
Yet gender affirming items are incredibly difficult to access due to high costs, limited availability, and a lack of inclusive retail options. These essential items play a crucial role in helping Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people feel comfortable, affirmed, and safe in their bodies. The lack of affordable, safe, and accessible options contributes to broader health inequities experienced by Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities and underscores the urgent need for improved access and support.
Our Health Matters: Be You aims to ensure Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanders have affordable and safe access to gender affirming items.
This is an initiative in partnership with Many Genders One Voice.
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To access Our Health Matters: Be You program you must:
• Live in Queensland
• Identify as Trans, Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl or Brotherboy
• Be requesting a binder for yourself, not on behalf of someone else
• Not have previously received a gender affirming item through the program in the past 12months.
If you're aged 16 or younger, you'll also need consent from a parent or guardian. We can help talk to your parent or guardian about gender affirming items and wellbeing if you think it might be helpful.
There are a limited number of gender affirming items available within the program. Items are allocated on a first in basis.
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Check you're eligible to access our program
We have a limited supply of gender affirming items so can only support people who meet the eligibility criteria set out above.
Read up on how to use the gender affirming item safely
Using gender affirming items can make us feel great, but it's crucial we only use them in ways that don't do damage to our bodies.
For tips on how to bind safely check out our Binder Guidelines.
Check your measurements
Binders
Check the manufacturers size guide.
How to Wear
Hold both straps of the shirt and step into the garment. Pull up the garment and slide arms through armhole and adjust for comfort.
How to Care
Wash in cold water, gentle cycle, tumble dry low or flat dry. No bleach, no iron.
Measure Your Chest
With arms down on side, take a snug measurement around the fullest part of your chest over the nipples.
ULTIMATE CHEST BINDER TANK (FULL LENGTH)
XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL | 3XL | 4XL |
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71-79cm | 81-89cm | 91-cm | 102-109cm | 112-120cm | 122-130cm | 132-140cm | 142-150cm |
28-31 in | 32-35 in | 36-39 in | 40-43 in | 44-47 in | 49-51 in | 52-55 in | 56-59 in |
TRI-CROP CHEST BINDER (CROP)
XS | S | M | L | XXL | 3XL |
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71-76cm | 79-84cm | 86-91cm | 94-102cm | 114-122cm | 125-132cm |
28-30 in | 31-33 in | 34-36 in | 37-40 in | 45-48 in | 49-52 inches |
We usually use Underworks binders for our program.
Don't size down if you're unsure. Binders are designed to fit snug and to flatten and compress. Going down a size may result in you not being able to put your binder on, or pain/injury.
Tucking Pants
Check the manufacturers size guide.
Dys4ick Size | AU/UK Size | US Size | Waist (cm) | Hip (cm) |
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3XL | 18 | 16 | 102-108 | 126-132 |
XXL | 16 | 14 | 95-101 | 119-125 |
XL | 14 | 10-12 | 88-94 | 112-118 |
L | 12 | 8-10 | 81-87 | 105-111 |
M | 10 | 6-8 | 74-80 | 98-104 |
S | 8 | 4-6 | 67-73 | 91-97 |
XS | 4-6 | 0-2 | 58-66 | 84-90 |
We usually use Dys4ick products for our program.
Don't size down if you're unsure. Tucking pants are designed to fit snug. Going down a size may result in you not being able to put your pants on comfortably, or cause pain/injury.
Make a request
Fill out our Request Form to request an item.
A team member will:
• Check you're eligible
• Check if a suitable gender affirming item available
• Contact you with details on how you can collect your item or have it posted out to one of our offices or an address provided by you.
Consider paying it forward and making a donation
It costs us approximately $55 to supply a gender affirming item to a Gender Diverse, Non-Binary, Sistergirl or Brotherboy person in need.
If you have capacity, consider making a small donation to help pay it forward. Every bit helps us support others in need!
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Anyone who thinks that they have been exposed to HIV should call the nearest Sexual Health Clinic, GP HIV Prescriber or Hospital Emergency Department. Some services such as Sexual Health Clinics operate within limited hours and are closed on weekends and evenings.
When presenting, the person should tell the health worker that exposure to HIV may have occurred and access to PEP may be required. They will be asked for information regarding risky behaviours, and how exposure to HIV may have occurred. All discussions remain confidential so responses should be honest and frank.
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HIV may be transmitted when blood, semen or vaginal fluid from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person.
This can happen through:
• Unsafe sex - rectal, oral, and vaginal
• Sharing needles and injecting equipment contaminated with blood
HIV may also be transmitted through donated blood and blood products. However, all blood, organs, tissues, and semen donated in Australia are screened for HIV. The risk of getting HIV from these products in Australia
