When LGBT health rhymes with welfare in Orleans and in the Loiret
For seventeen years, the Gay and Lesbian Action Loiret (Gagli) continues its work locally for the visibility and recognition of LGBT people, organizing forums for reflection and friendliness, in friendly and support, actively engaging in the fight against AIDS and STIs in involved in local events and engaged citizens in Orleans and in the department.
Reflecting on these past shows they have a common goal: to fight against evil-being of some people, this ill-being is directly linked to the difficulty to live their homosexuality. Indeed, loneliness, isolation, emotional insecurity because of sexual orientation, HIV status or age, cause - recent studies have shown - addictions, the risk-taking, suicide often situations ... (too) often encountered in the field, where the Gagli conducts its activities throughout the year, for eight years. The Gagli therefore decided to consolidate all its forces in an effort to work towards a more general theme of "gay health".
Remember last March, the association "The Wooden Bat" does not s'ys'était erred in accepting the invitation of warm Gagli. They went Fifty of Paris, attracted by this evening PLUG, the Orléanais came two cents to Astroclub ... A party where everyone behaved according to his desires without fear looks and judgments, a party where maquillés men wearing wigs and dresses and women wore beard, mustache and chaps! A moment in which we felt good, in agreement with you ... and with the others! Debauchery rhinestones to fight against stress, debauchery of music and looks for a sense of well-being ... The opinions converge. Also a moment of reflection looking at the various performances on stage: wacky and surprising, they can bring meaning to the word "gender", so often used so often hackneyed and so often remains obscure to many.
Time for an evening, there was worry about his health with a free and anonymous testing for HIV, hepatitis and syphilis. One of the few times in France where it is proposed outside the walls of a hospital in a festive and through the Regional Hospital of Orleans who sent on this occasion and for the duration of the evening, a doctor and a nurse, and pledged to keep available the results of CDAG persons of their choice, of course under conditions of confidentiality to anonymous testing centers and free.
Mindful of the recommendations of the National AIDS Council in November 2006, the Gagli engages in partnerships approaches to permit its members to be trained at home and work for "gay health" with all stakeholders health and prevention (suicide, addictions, AIDS ...) while retaining its specificity homosexual.
In 2006, Gagli signed an agreement with SOS Homophobia to be able to respond to any request for assistance and support. In 2007, Gagli has signed an agreement with AID Loiret to use all means to fight against the AIDS epidemic in the Loiret.
And a few days ago, the Gagli has signed an agreement with the CHR Orleans to officially register the partnership of the Center for anonymous testing and free in the actions of gay health.
This summer, and Gagli AID offers on a naturist beach, information, documentation, condoms (male, female) and freeze. The CHR Orleans provides staff to run for the first time in France, a mobile screening center at a place of gay and bi-friendliness, under the same conditions as CDAG the hospital.
We will talk soon.
Luke C.
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