QUEER KEYS & AH MONROE PARTNER TO SUPPORT LBGTQ COMMUNITY

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Queer Keys and AH Monroe not too long ago introduced a brand new partnership aimed toward strengthening HIV prevention efforts and neighborhood help for LGBTQIA+ people in Key West – with plans to develop all through the Florida Keys. The brand new collaboration is meant to ship life-enhancing help to LGBTQIA+ youth, seniors and transgender people with expanded applications. 

Queer Keys, the one LGBTQIA+-specific nonprofit within the Keys, is devoted to supporting, educating and celebrating the queer neighborhood. In partnership with A.H. Monroe — a pacesetter in healthcare and help for people affected by HIV — the 2 organizations are bringing renewed vitality and innovation to HIV prevention and outreach efforts for the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood. 

The partnership will construct complete, inclusive HIV prevention and education schemes collectively. In Queer Keys’ youth program, new participating protected intercourse workshops, facilitated by educators from the Monroe County Well being Division, will present LGBTQIA+ youth with instruments, sources and data, together with PrEP schooling, to assist them make knowledgeable decisions. 

PrEP, which stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a prescription treatment taken repeatedly earlier than one is uncovered to HIV that considerably reduces the prospect of an infection from an contaminated associate or an untested one who doesn’t know their standing.

The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention recommends that each one sexually lively adults and adolescents learn about PrEP for prevention of HIV. Whereas efficient in stopping HIV, PrEP doesn’t shield in opposition to different sexually transmitted infections, so safer intercourse practices are nonetheless important.

For the transgender neighborhood, Queer Keys’ TransConnect program and A.H. Monroe’s care companies will  collaborate on HIV prevention, testing and counseling. Transgender people within the Keys could have compassionate entry to HIV-related well being companies tailor-made to their wants.

Queer Keys and A.H. Monroe will reimagine the condom distribution program with approachable, participating packaging and messaging that makes safer intercourse sources accessible. Collaboration with distribution websites and suggestions from neighborhood members will create a snug method to safer intercourse decisions all through the Keys. 

In early 2025, the partnership will launch a program particularly for LGBTQIA+ seniors, offering social help and well being sources to counterpoint lives and foster neighborhood connections. This initiative will domesticate a stronger sense of belonging and make sure that LGBTQIA+ seniors have entry to sources that meet their distinctive wants. 

Queer Keys and A.H. Monroe will amplify their message collectively at occasions just like the Key West Delight Truthful and Parade, underscoring their joint dedication to well being and neighborhood help. This partnership goes past HIV prevention; it’s about exhibiting up and standing proudly with the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood at each step.  By this collaboration, Queer Keys and A.H. Monroe intention to make lasting adjustments within the lives of LGBTQIA+ people within the Keys, making certain they’ve the data and sources to steer steady and fulfilling lives. Extra data is on the market from Scott Pridgen at AH Monroe at scott.pridgen@ahmonroe.org and/or Chris McNulty at Queer Keys at chris@queerkeys.org.

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