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The Sydney GBQ+ Community Periodic Survey (SGCPS) is a short survey that investigates the sexual practices, drug use, and health service engagement of gay, bisexual and queer men (cis and trans) and non-binary people who have sex with GBQ+ men. The findings are used to guide HIV and sexual health programs.

Sydney GBQ+ Community Periodic Survey

The Sydney GBQ+ Community Periodic Survey (SGCPS) is a short survey that investigates the sexual practices, drug use, and health service engagement of gay, bisexual and queer men (cis and trans) and non-binary people who have sex with GBQ+ men. The findings are used to guide HIV and sexual health programs. It is conducted every year in February and March (corresponding with the Mardi Gras period). The SGCPS complements data from other studies and provides valuable information for HIV health promotion efforts. The SGCPS is funded by the NSW Ministry of Health.

ACON runs SGCPS in partnership with Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), UNSW. Click here to view SGCPS reports on CSRH website.

To find out more please contact Lucy Watson at lwatson@acon.org.au.

Sydney Women and Sexual Health (SWASH) is a comprehensive survey of sexual and gender identity; community connection; smoking, alcohol and drug use; sexual health; psychological wellbeing; experiences of anti-gay, sexual and domestic violence; parenthood intentions; preventive health behaviour including screening; healthcare access and satisfaction.

SWASH – The Sydney Women and Sexual Health Survey

 

The Sydney Women and Sexual Health (SWASH) survey was first carried out in 1996. It was initiated by workers from two ACON projects, Women Partners of Gay and Bisexual Men and the Gay and Lesbian Injecting Drug Use Project, who were faced with a lack of empirical evidence on which to base their intervention work. Research on the health and wellbeing of lesbian, bisexual and queer women (cis and trans) is still scarce.

SWASH is now a comprehensive survey of sexual and gender identity; community connection; smoking, alcohol and drug use; sexual health; psychological wellbeing; experiences of anti-gay, sexual and domestic violence; parenthood intentions; preventive health behaviour including screening; healthcare access and satisfaction.

The survey is run every two years by a collaboration of ACON and researchers at the University of Sydney.

For more information and research on the health of women (cis and trans) in Australia, visit The Australian Women’s Health Alliance’s (formerly known as the Australian Women’s Health Network) Women’s Health Hub online library and ACON’s TransHub.

The latest 2020 SWASH report in available here.

Previous SWASH reports:

 

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