South Shore Sexual Health
@southshoresh.bsky.social
Evidence-based. Pro-choice. 2SLGBTQAIP advocates. Follow for sexual health tips, advocacy, and disinformation myth-busting.
Updates to our Election Tracker including a response from the Green Party's candidate Mark Embrett. southshoresexualhealth.com/resources/fe...
Federal Election Promise Tracker - South Shore Sexual Health
We have started researching the platforms and promises of the various parties running on the South Shore. Please note that not all parties have released a formal platform online, so we are adding info...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Updates to our Election Tracker including a response from the Green Party's candidate Mark Embrett. southshoresexualhealth.com/resources/fe...
Follow our tracker of all the federal promises and platforms of the folks running on the South Shore. It's a work in progress, but we want to hit the ground running. southshoresexualhealth.com/resources/fe... #federalelection
April 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Follow our tracker of all the federal promises and platforms of the folks running on the South Shore. It's a work in progress, but we want to hit the ground running. southshoresexualhealth.com/resources/fe... #federalelection
If you would like the blog post version, please click here to get the press release southshoresexualhealth.com/2025/03/26/f...
For immediate release: Pride flags must fly outside our schools - South Shore Sexual Health
In a period of rising hate against gender and sexual minorities, it is distressing to learn that the South Shore Regional Centre for Education considered no longer flying Pride flags outside our commu...
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March 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you would like the blog post version, please click here to get the press release southshoresexualhealth.com/2025/03/26/f...
Sharing our press release in regards to the flag situation within the local centre for education #pride #equity #diversity
March 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sharing our press release in regards to the flag situation within the local centre for education #pride #equity #diversity
Louder for the people in the back.
You can’t be empowered about your health decisions if you rely on misinformation, pseudoscientific propaganda, and conspiracies.
February 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Louder for the people in the back.
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Heritage Day honouree
February 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Heritage Day honouree
It's almost as if listening to people is actually effective when it comes to their care. Huh!
Gatekeeping does NOT benefit detrans people.
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
Our paper on gatekeeping and detransition is now out! I’m immensely hyped for this paper, written in collaboration with wondrous scholars and including co-authors who have lived experience with detransition.
Official link: doi.org/10.1080/1553...
February 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It's almost as if listening to people is actually effective when it comes to their care. Huh!
We must continue to be vigilant against attacks on freedom and human rights, despite the disinformation that is pitting people against others.
This is an important read.
“Disinformation campaigns are stirring up voters around fabricated issues, resulting in the election of politicians whose agendas have nothing to do with the often mundane tasks of maintaining roads or passing land use bylaws.”
“Disinformation campaigns are stirring up voters around fabricated issues, resulting in the election of politicians whose agendas have nothing to do with the often mundane tasks of maintaining roads or passing land use bylaws.”
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We must continue to be vigilant against attacks on freedom and human rights, despite the disinformation that is pitting people against others.
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Guardian [Feb 7] -- Judith Butler op-ed: The E/O's outrageousness "is its own accomplishment. He defies shame & legal constraints to show his capacity to do so...To be gripped by his statements is their aim....We are in its thrall when it captures and paralyzes us."
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Guardian [Feb 7] -- Judith Butler op-ed: The E/O's outrageousness "is its own accomplishment. He defies shame & legal constraints to show his capacity to do so...To be gripped by his statements is their aim....We are in its thrall when it captures and paralyzes us."
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
It's very concerning that one of the most powerful nations in the world will be headed by people against science and research. Sadly, it can only impact Canada's health as well :(
"If Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. takes command of the Department of Health and Human Services, we will face lies and disinformation at an unprecedented scale that are capable of unwinding a century of progress on fighting disease and promoting public health," the letter, seen by Reuters, said.
January 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's very concerning that one of the most powerful nations in the world will be headed by people against science and research. Sadly, it can only impact Canada's health as well :(
We now have Knix menstrual products at our centre in sizes from XS to 4XL! Thanks to Second Story Women's Centre and Knix for the donation share. #menstruation #periods
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We now have Knix menstrual products at our centre in sizes from XS to 4XL! Thanks to Second Story Women's Centre and Knix for the donation share. #menstruation #periods
GREAT article on looking at vaccine misinformation and how it targets fertility. #fertility #vaccine
So much misinformation out there. @gorskon.bsky.social and I wrote about the HPV vaccine and infertility myths as one part of this paper.
Infertility: A common target of antivaccine misinformation campaigns
Misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories about vaccines are key drivers of vaccine hesitancy. A repeated false claim about COVID-19 vac…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
GREAT article on looking at vaccine misinformation and how it targets fertility. #fertility #vaccine
We agree. Hate breeds hate, and makes the world much less safe for everyone.
Yes, there is an epidemic of intimate partner violence www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... #CallItFemicide
Yes, there is an epidemic of intimate partner violence - Halifax Examiner
The unhinged rhetoric and tone of public discourse unleashes the increased violence against women we are now seeing. And I fear it is about to get worse still.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We agree. Hate breeds hate, and makes the world much less safe for everyone.
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End child poverty by giving people money www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
End child poverty by giving people money - Halifax Examiner
It is damnable that any child lives in poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
End child poverty by giving people money www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Let's help everyone have a happy holiday period! <3 Support our Merry Menses campaign.
December 18, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Let's help everyone have a happy holiday period! <3 Support our Merry Menses campaign.
It's Human Rights Day! Learn more about the importance of recognizing human rights around the globe. https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
##humanrights ##rights ##unitednations
##humanrights ##rights ##unitednations
December 10, 2024 at 4:54 PM
It's Human Rights Day! Learn more about the importance of recognizing human rights around the globe. https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day
##humanrights ##rights ##unitednations
##humanrights ##rights ##unitednations
Great quote about the importance of raising healthy boys and masculine folks. ##quote ##support ##boys ##masculinity ##healthymasculinity
December 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Great quote about the importance of raising healthy boys and masculine folks. ##quote ##support ##boys ##masculinity ##healthymasculinity
Louder for the people in the back!
I’m thankful for the top ten scientific developments that improve health:
Vaccines
Antibiotics & antimicrobials
Clean water, sanitation, & hygiene
Food safety & fortification innovations
Modern agriculture methods
Public health education campaigns
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Vaccines
Antibiotics & antimicrobials
Clean water, sanitation, & hygiene
Food safety & fortification innovations
Modern agriculture methods
Public health education campaigns
1/
November 28, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Louder for the people in the back!
Wondering how many women have been killed by #femicide in 2024? Here's the list. There are so. Many. Names.
(FYI It's over 160 names and unnamed victims)
(FYI It's over 160 names and unnamed victims)
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Wondering how many women have been killed by #femicide in 2024? Here's the list. There are so. Many. Names.
(FYI It's over 160 names and unnamed victims)
(FYI It's over 160 names and unnamed victims)
Great graphic on what level of government affects what topic!
This by no means is a complete list and there are overlaps but
gives you an idea of what level of government is responsible
for what
gives you an idea of what level of government is responsible
for what
November 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Great graphic on what level of government affects what topic!
How about some hopeful news? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
First N.S. gender-affirming top surgery program now in place with 2 dedicated surgeons | CBC News
For the first time, Nova Scotia Health has a dedicated gender-affirming top surgery program with specifically trained surgeons who have a mandate to provide the care. Two surgeons have been recruited for the program in the last two years.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
How about some hopeful news? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead.
November 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead.
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You know what vaccines cause?
Adults.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Adults.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
November 16, 2024 at 8:39 PM
You know what vaccines cause?
Adults.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Adults.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
We are against any policy that restricts access to reproductive choices and procedures. For all the details on abortion, do a search for "abortion" in the CPC policy doc here bit.ly/4fRV3DP
November 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM
We are against any policy that restricts access to reproductive choices and procedures. For all the details on abortion, do a search for "abortion" in the CPC policy doc here bit.ly/4fRV3DP