Managing anxiety around sexual health

Some people have lots of casual partners and rarely get sexually transmitted infections. Others have only a few partners and regularly find themselves at the testing clinic. Much of this is merely a function of risk reduction and chance – but try telling your anxiety that!

This workshop is specifically for folks who experience high anxiety around sexual health (even when their exposure to infection is seemingly low).

Social worker and psychotherapist Rahim Thawer will explore why we both need anxiety and how we could benefit from tools to contain it.
We’ll discuss how anxiety plays out during hook-ups while communicating about risk, and when accessing testing services.

This group is open to self-identified men (trans, cis, and other men), two-spirit and non-binary folks who also identify as gay, bi, queer, asexual, and/or as guys who are into/or have sex with guys (for any reason – including for work).