HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust and trans sexual health clinic Clinic T joined forces on Saturday at Brighton and Hove Trans Pride.
The aim was to raise awareness of good sexual health in Brighton.
Brand new trans inclusive sexually transmitted infection self-testing kits were given away at the city’s fifth Trans Pride to encourage testing, diagnosing and treating of sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
The free kits are one of the UK’s first trans inclusive self-testing kits where the contents and information are inclusive to everyone, whether it be trans, non-binary or gender variant.
The kits are easy, quick and convenient to use.
Terrence Higgins Trust and CLINIC T have also set up STI testing stations at sexual health clinics city-wide so that anyone can return their kits conveniently, where the samples will be tested in the lab.
Results are then delivered privately and confidentially by either text message or email.
Staff and volunteers from the two organisations joined the Trans Pride march.
Tom Boyt, senior community engagement officer at Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “Trans Pride is a fantastic celebration that gets bigger and better every year, and this year was no exception.
“Together with CLINIC T and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, we were delighted to launch our new trans inclusive STI self-testing kits..”
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