Hlangana ne-FOLX, i-TeleHealth Platform Eyenziwe Ngabantu Abakwa-Queer for Queer People

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• Iyini i-FOLX?
• Ingabe Abanye Abahlinzeki Bezokuxhumana Komnotho Abakunikezeli Lokhu?
• Abahlinzeki Bokunakekelwa Kwezempilo be-FOLX abafani Nabanye Odokotela
• Yini Okunye Okwenza I-FOLX ihluke?
• Ungabhalisela kanjani i-FOLX?
• Buyekeza kwe-

Iqiniso: Iningi labahlinzeki bokunakekelwa kwezempilo abakutholi ukuqeqeshwa kwekhono le-LGBTQ, ngakho-ke abakwazi ukunikeza ukunakekelwa okubandakanya i-LGBTQ. Ucwaningo olwenziwe ngamaqembu abameli lukhombisa ukuthi amaphesenti angama-56 abantu be-LGBTQ baye babandlululwa ngenkathi befuna ukwelashwa, futhi okubi kakhulu, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-20 babika ukuthi babhekene nolimi olunokhahlo noma ukuthintwa okungafuneki ngokomzimba ezindaweni zokunakekelwa kwezempilo. La maphesenti aphezulu kakhulu kubantu be-BIPOC queer, ngokusho kocwaningo olwenziwe yiCentre for American Progress.

Lezi zibalo ezidabukisayo zinemithelela ebucayi empilweni engokomzimba nengqondo nokuphila isikhathi eside kwabantu emphakathini wama-queer - futhi azenzi lutho ukulungisa ubungozi obukhulayo babantu abangabazi ezintweni ezihlanganisa ukuzibulala, ukusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa, izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, ukukhathazeka nokudangala, inhliziyo nemithambo yegazi. isifo, nomdlavuza.

Yingakho ukwethulwa komhlinzeki wezinsizakalo zezempilo okwakhiwe ngabantu abasebenza kabi kakhulu, kubaluleke kakhulu. Kwethulwa: FOLX.

Iyini i-FOLX?

"I-FOLX iyipulatifomu yezempilo yedijithali yokuqala egxile kwi-LGBTQIA emhlabeni," kusho u-A.G.Breitenstein, umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-FOLX, okhomba njengobulili (yena / bona). Cabanga nge-FOLX njenge-OneMedical yomphakathi we-queer.

I-FOLX akuyona umnakekeli oyinhloko. Ngakho-ke, akubona ozoya kubo uma unesifo somphimbo noma ucabanga ukuthi ungahle ube ne-COVID-19. Esikhundleni salokho, banakekela izinsika ezintathu ezibalulekile zezempilo: ubunikazi, ubulili, nomndeni. "UFOLX ungaya kubani ukuze uthole ukwelashwa okufaka ama-hormone, impilo yezocansi nokunakekelwa kahle, futhi usize ekwakhiweni kwemindeni," kuchaza uBreitenstein. (Okuhlobene: I-Glossary of All LGBTQ + Terms Allies Okufanele Uyazi)

I-FOLX inikeza ukuhlolwa nokwelashwa kwe-STI ekhaya, ama-hormone aqinisekisa ubulili (aka hormone replacement therapy noma i-HRT), ukufinyelela ku-PrEP (umuthi wansuku zonke onganciphisa ingozi yokuthola i-HIV uma uchayeke kugciwane), nokunakekelwa kokungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile kanye ukwesekwa.

Izinsizakalo zenkampani ziyatholakala kunoma ubani oneminyaka engaphezu kuka-18 ohlonza njenge-LGBTQ+ futhi ofuna ukuthola impilo yezocansi, ubunikazi, nokunakekelwa komndeni ngumhlinzeki wokunakekela oqinisekisayo. (UBreitenstein uphawula ukuthi ekugcineni, i-FOLX ihlose ukunakekela ukunakekelwa kwezingane ngokuholwa ngabazali nemvume.) Izinsizakalo zinikezwa ngevidiyo noma ngengxoxo eku-inthanethi, kuya ngokuthi uhlala kuphi nemithetho yombuso wakho. Lokhu kuyaphawuleka ngoba kunika abantu be-LGBTQ ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo okulungele i-LGBTQ, noma ngabe bahlala kwenye indawo lokho hhayi ngakho ukwamukela.

Ingabe Abanye Abahlinzeki Bezokuxhumana Komnotho Abakunikezeli Lokhu?

Akukho okunikezwayo kwezokwelapha kwe-FOLX okusha emhlabeni wezokwelapha. Kodwa, yini eyenza i-FOLX ihluke ukuthi iziguli zingakwazi isiqinisekiso ukuthi bazoba ngaphansi kokunakekela komhlinzeki oqinisekisayo, futhi bangathemba ukuthi noma yiziphi izithombe noma ulwazi olubhaliwe (cabanga: amapheshana, umsebenzi wobuciko, nezinto zokuthengisa) abazibonayo uma besebenza nalowo mhlinzeki zibandakanya konke.

Ukwengeza, indlela i-FOLX eletha ngayo ukunakekelwa kwayo ihlukile: Izinkampani zokunakekelwa kwezempilo zendabuko, ngokwesibonelo, bezihlinzeka ngokuqondile kumthengi, amakhithi okuhlola ama-STD alula ekhaya iminyaka embalwa manje. Kepha i-FOLX ikusiza ukuthola ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo lokuhlola olukufanele ngokuya ngezenzo zocansi ohlanganyela kuzo. Uma, ngokwesibonelo, ucansi lomlomo nobulili bendunu bekulokhu kuyisisekelo sempilo yakho yezocansi, abahlinzeki be-FOLX bangancoma ukuthi kwenziwe ngomlomo futhi / noma i-swab anal - umnikelo owenziwa ngamanye amakhithi we-STD asekhaya hhayi umnikelo. (Kuhlobene: Yebo, Izifo Ezithathelwana Ngocansi Zomlomo Ziyinto: Nakhu Okufanele Ukwazi)

Ngokunjalo, izinsizakalo ze-telehealth ezifana ne-The Pill Club kanye ne-Nurx zonke zibambe iqhaza ekuvuseleleni ukufinyelela kokulawulwa kokuzalwa ngokunikeza ama-aphoyintimenti e-inthanethi ngezinzuzo zezokwelapha ezingabhala imishanguzo yokuvikela ukukhulelwa ngisho nokuletha ukuvimbela ukuzalwa emnyango wakho. Okwenza i-FOLX ikhetheke ukuthi iziguli ezishintshayo nezingezona ezokukhulelwa ezinentshisekelo yokugwema ukukhulelwa zingafinyelela kulolo lwazi, zazi ukuthi ngeke zihlangane ubuso nobuso nodokotela ongazi ukuthi angaphatha kanjani ubunikazi noma ulimi lobulili, ukumaketha, noma isithombe. (Izindaba ezinhle: Ngenkathi i-FOLX kungukuphela kwepulatifomu ezinikele kuphela ekusebenzeleni umphakathi we-LGBTQ +, akubona bodwa abasebenza ukunikela ngezinsizakalo ezibandakanya kakhulu. Omunye umhlinzeki wokulawulwa kokuzalwa online, i-SimpleHealth, usanda kwethula izinketho zokwelashwa ezingeziwe kanye nobulili obuqondile izigaba zobunikazi nezabizwana zamadoda adluliswa ngaphambi kwe-HRT afuna ukuqhubeka noma aqale ukulawulwa kokuzalwa.)

INurx, iPlush Care, kanye neThe Prep Hub nakho kukuvumela ukuthi uthenge iPrEP online. Futhi ngenkathi lezi ezinye izikhungo zenza umsebenzi omuhle wokwenza i-PrEP itholakale kubo bonke ubulili (hhayi nje amadoda angama-cisgender!), I-FOLX ivumela abafuna injabulo ukufinyelela i-PrEP ngomhlinzeki ofanayo ukuthi bathola izindlela zokuvimbela inzalo nokuhlolwa kwe-STI, okwenza kube lula kakhulu ukuze abantu bahlale phezulu kwezempilo yabo yezocansi.

Abahlinzeki Bokunakekelwa Kwezempilo be-FOLX abafani Nabanye Odokotela

I-FOLX icabange kabusha ngokuphelele ubudlelwano besiguli nomtholampilo. Ngokungafani nabanye abahlinzeki okubaluleke kakhulu kubona ukuhlonza iziguli, "okusemqoka kwe-FOLX ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zezokwelapha ezisekela ukuthi ungubani, zigubha ukuthi ungubani, futhi zikusize ukufeza okubalulekile kuwe ngokwezocansi, ubulili nomndeni, "kuchaza uBreitenstein. (Qaphela: I-FOLX okwamanje ayinikeli noma yikuphi ukunakekelwa okuhlobene nempilo yengqondo. Okwelapha okuqinisekisa i-LGBTQ hlola iNational Queer kanye neTrans Therapists of Colour Network, I-Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists, ne-Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.)

I-FOLX ikunikeza kanjani ukunakekelwa "kokugubha", ncamashi? "Ngokunikeza zonke izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokunakekelwa kwemitholampilo (ikhwalithi, okwaziyo, nokuzibeka engcupheni), kodwa ngaphakathi kwendawo engenakho ukucwaswa, engenamahloni," besho. Futhi ngoba bonke abahlinzeki be-FOLX bafundisiwe konke ukungena nokuphuma kwempilo ye-queer kanye ne-trans, iziguli zingathemba ukuthi zithola ukunakekelwa okunembile, okuphelele. (Ngokudabukisayo, lokhu akuyona into ejwayelekile - ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi amaphesenti angama-53 odokotela abika ukuthi bazizwa benokuzithemba ngolwazi lwabo lwezidingo zezempilo zeziguli ze-LGB.)

Ukukhanya kohlaka lwe-FOLX kubonakala kakhulu uma ucabangela ukuthi kubukeka kanjani ezigulini ezifuna ukufinyelela kuma-hormone aqinisekisa ubulili. I-FOLX yenza hhayi sebenza nemodeli yomlindisango (lapho abantu abathanda i-HRT kudingeka bathole incwadi yokudlulisela evela kubahlinzeki bezempilo yengqondo) okuseyinto evamile ezindaweni eziningi, kuchaza uKate Steinle, NP, isikhulu sezempilo se-FOLX kanye nomqondisi wangaphambili we-trans/non- ukunakekelwa kanambambili at Planned Parenthood. Esikhundleni salokho, "i-FOLX isebenza kuphela ngokuya ngemvume enolwazi," kusho uSteinle.

Nakhu ukuthi lokho kubukeka kanjani: Uma isiguli sinentshisekelo kuma-hormone aqinisekisa ubulili, sizobonisa okuningi efomini lokuthatha lesiguli, futhi babelane ngezinga lezinguquko esithemba ukuzibona. "Umhlinzeki we-FOLX uzonikeza isiguli ulwazi nesiqondiso sokuthi umthamo omuhle wokuqala wama-hormone uzosuselwa kulolo lwazi," kusho uSteinle. Umhlinzeki uzophinde aqinisekise ukuthi isiguli siyabuqonda “ubungozi obuhambisana nalolo hlobo lokwelashwa, futhi asize isiguli sithole ukuthi sizizwa sikhululekile yini ngalezo zingozi noma cha,” usho kanje. Lapho sebesekhasini elifanayo, umhlinzeki we-FOLX uzobe esebeka ama-hormone. Nge-FOLX, iqonde phambili impela.

"UFOLX akaboni i-HRT njengento elungisa iziguli noma elapha isimo sesifo," kusho uSteinle. "I-FOLX ikucabanga njengento engenza abantu bakwazi ukuzinikeza amandla, injabulo, kanye nendlela yokubona umhlaba ofuna ukuhlala kuwo."

Yini Okunye Okwenza I-FOLX ihluke?

Ngokungafani nezinye izinkundla eziningi ze-telemedicine, uma usufaniswe nomhlinzeki, lowo muntu ungumhlinzeki wakho! Okusho ukuthi, awudingi ukuchitha ukuqala kwawo wonke ama-aphoyintimenti uchaza i-Whole Thing yakho kumuntu omusha. “Iziguli ziyakwazi ukwakha ubudlelwano besikhathi eside, obungaguquki nodokotela wazo,” kusho uBreitenstein.

Futhi, i-FOLX ayifuni (!) Ayifuni (!) Umshuwalense. Esikhundleni salokho, banikeza ukunakekelwa kuhlelo olususelwe kokubhaliselwe, oluqala ku-$59 ngenyanga. "Ngalolo hlelo, uthola ukufinyelela okungenamkhawulo kumhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo nganoma yiluphi uhlobo oluthandayo," bayachaza. Uphinde uthole noma yimaphi amalebhu adingekayo kanye nemiyalelo ethunyelwa ekhemisi ozikhethele yona. Ukuze uthole inkokhiso eyengeziwe, ehluka ngokuya ngomuthi nomthamo, ungathunyelelwa imithi namalebhu ekhaya lakho.

"I-FOLX iphinde ibe nohlelo lokudlulisela lwabahlinzeki bezempilo abakhona oluhlanganisa abahlinzeki abahlinzeka ngokuhlinzwa okuphezulu [inqubo yokuhlinzwa yokukhipha izicubu zebele], ukuguqulwa kwezwi, izinsizakalo zokususa izinwele, nezinto ezinjalo," kusho uSteinle. Ngakho-ke uma ufuna ezinye izinsizakalo zezempilo futhi ufuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ukhetha umhlinzeki we-LGBTQ-okubandakanya, i-FOLX ingasiza. Sezadlula izinsuku zokusuka kuGoogle nokuwela iminwe yakho! (Okuhlobene: Ngingumuntu omnyama, uQueer, noPolyamorous: Kungani Lokho Kubalulekile Kodokotela Bami?)

Ungabhalisela kanjani i-FOLX?

Qala ngokuya kuwebhusayithi yabo. Lapho, uzokwazi ukufunda okwengeziwe ngezinsizakalo ezithile ezinikezwayo. Futhi uma uthatha isinqumo sokuqhubekela phambili, kulapho uzothumela khona ifomu lokudla isiguli.

"Imibuzo ozobuzwa yona kwifomu lokudla kuphela imibuzo esidinga ukuthi siyazi izimpendulo zokuhlinzeka ukunakekelwa okusezingeni," kuchaza uSteinle. "Sethula noma imuphi umbuzo esingase siwubuze mayelana nomzimba wakho, imikhuba yezocansi, nobunikazi bakho ngolwazi lokuthi kungani sibuza lolo lwazi." Endabeni yesiguli esifuna i-HRT, isibonelo, i-FOLX ingase ibuze ukuthi unawo yini ama-ovari, kodwa akukhona nje ukuthi umhlinzeki ufuna ukwazi, kungenxa yokuthi umhlinzeki udinga ukwazi lolo lwazi ukuze abe nesithombe esigcwele sokuthi yimaphi ama-hormone emzimbeni. Uyenza, uyachaza. Ngokunjalo, uma unentshisekelo ekuhloleni i-STI ungabuzwa ukuthi kuyavela yini noma cha ocansini ezimpilweni zakho ukuze umhlinzeki akwazi ukunquma ukuthi ingabe iphaneli lasekhaya le-anal STI linengqondo kuwe. Lapho usuthumele ifomu lakho lokungenisa, uzothola ithuba lokuhlangana nodokotela abahle kakhulu. Ukuthi "umhlangano" wenzeka ngevidiyo noma ngombhalo wehlela enhlanganisweni yokukhetha komuntu siqu kanye nezimfuneko zezwe.

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