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December 6, 2022

Men 55+ In Person

Join us for this In-Person facilitated safe space to talk, listen, and share your experiences of conscious ageing with other GBQ men and gender diverse people. Topics include growing older, understanding issues of isolation, motivation, financial issues, physical health, sex, and more. If you have any questions, please e-mail register@checkhimout.ca Jim Deva Lounge is equipped…Read more »

December 7, 2022

PnP & Me: Peer-Led Drop-In Program

HIM will be hosting a weekly peer-led drop-in program to support you in achieving your goals related to sexualized substance use (party and play), connecting with the community, and accessing local resources from a peer navigator. Drop-In Program participants will also have access to group and one-to-one counselling sessions. See here checkhimout.ca/pnp-and-me/ for details. PnP &…Read more »

December 9, 2022

HIM Yoga – In Person & Online

HIM is resuming weekly online Yoga sessions as well as bringing back in-person sessions at Scotia Bank Dance Studio for a limited capacity. So, come stretch those knots away and do Yoga with HIM! To attend the online session: You are kindly asked to register to attend Online – ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpduiopjIvG9aIshWI9Elri4mmz_wZXQt4 To attend the in-person session at…Read more »

Changes coming to HIM Health Services

Over the next several months, HIM and VCH are implementing a project to address the high number of client turnaways.

Mpox Update: Vaccines

Find out more about the Mpox vaccine and how you can get your first and second doses.

Mpox Media Resources

Here is a number of community focused resources for advocates and other organizations who wish to help prevent the spread of monkeypox in British Columbia.

Mpox Bulletin

This bulletin is designed to provide you with the information we know and provide assurance that HIM is working on proactive responses as the situation develops with our healthcare partners as quickly as possible. 

GetGarded Against HPV

The HPV Vaccine (Gardasil 9) is now accessible to more of us more than ever before! GBQ and Gender Diverse people aged between 27 and 45 now have more pathways to get the vaccine.

Find out more on how to GetGarded

More Than Sex

More Than Sex is a guide about queer sex, diverse bodies, health and our communities. It shares information to help navigate a queer world, learn about different kinds of sex, explore sexual health and pleasure, and start conversations about some of the forces and experiences that shape our lives as queer people.

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HIM Programs and Services in BC Interior

In partnership with public health, researchers, policymakers, and our communities, we mobilize the evidence, tools, and leadership necessary to ensure GBT2Q men (in Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton, Vernon, Cranbrook, Nelson and beyond) have access to equitable and culturally competent care.

HIM Programs and Services in BC North

Since 2019, HIM has been working in the Northern Health region, out of Prince George, to provide the GBT2Q community with improved accessibility and uptake of health services.

HIM Programs and Services on Vancouver Island

In partnership with public health authorities, researchers, policymakers, and our communities, we mobilize the evidence, tools, and leadership necessary to ensure GBT2Q men (in Victoria, the Westshore Communities, Duncan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Courtenay/Comox, Campbell River and communities in between) have access to equitable and culturally competent care.

HIM honours the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and the territories of many nations on the west coast of Turtle Island, on whose unceded and stolen land we live and work. As uninvited inhabitants, we acknowledge that this space is and always will be Indigenous land.

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