2SLGBTQ+ sexual & reproductive health survey launches Canada-wide
If you are out and about at Pride events this summer, you have an opportunity to get your voice heard. A non-profit organization, The Community Based Research Centre, has launched a Canada-wide survey called Our Bodies, Our Health. The centre says there is a dangerous gap in government data on sexual and reproductive health in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Nathan Lachowsky is the CBRC's research director.
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