Cancer Resources
Email us at info@rainbow-project.org to order 10-50 of our flyers for your workplace. Please specify number requested when you order.Â
PHA Cancer Screening Booklet for Trans and Non-Binary People. Read here. Â
The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, LGBT Ireland and the Irish Hospice Foundation have created this guide for LGBTQIA+ End of Life Care. Though created for the Republic of Ireland, much of the content is valuable and relevant to people living in NI. Read it here.Â
OUTpatients UK have a very useful page on Intersex people and cancer. The page includes information on screening, risk, body image and fertility. OUTpatients also provides services for LGBTQIA+ people impacted by cancer across the UK.Â
Macmillan Cancer Support’s resource hub for information on LGBTQIA+ cancer support. Get the tailored information you need about cancer care here.Â
Gay and Bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, including trans men, are able to access the HPV vaccine for free at their local GUM or HIV clinic. The HPV vaccination reduces your risk of
developing HPV-associated cancer in the future. To read more about it, see the PHA booklet.
Ovacome and OUTpatients have put together this information for transmasculine and non-binary people on Ovarian Cancer. Even if you have had surgery to remove your ovaries you still have a risk of Ovarian Cancer.Â
Macmillan Cancer Support
There is a Macmillan Information and Support Service in every Trust area, linked to your local Cancer Unit.
Find your local Macmillan Information and Support center here.
There are 5 Macmillan Welfare Benefits teams across NI. They are based in
- Community Advice Craigavon
- Community Advice Ards & North Down
- Advice Space Belfast
- Community Advice Antrim & Newtownabbey
- Western Health & Social Care Trust
Contact: 0300 1 233 233
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