Ask the Sexpert is an online, confidential Q & A forum provided by Alyssa LaFosse, MPH, professional health and sexuality educator at the Student Health Center. Email the Sexpert at sexpert@nyu.edu to ask a question or schedule an in person meeting.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Health Promotion Office
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/promotion/sexpert.html
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality organizes events throughout the academic year that are open to the public and provide a vital and lively meeting-place where attendees discuss issues involving gender and sexuality, and their intersections with other social phenomena.
More information: www.nyu.edu/csgs
Clubs at LGBTQ Student Center that engage with issues of sexual health and pleasure on a regular basis:
- Body Queer: For students interested in examining issues of body image within queer communities.
- Campgrrl: For lesbian, bisexual, transgender women and their allies.
- Fluidity: For genders and sexualities that fall outside of the gay and lesbian binary.
- T-Party: For transgender and gender non-conforming students and allies.
- Queer Union: For queer students interested in educational and activist organizing
Sponsor: LGBTQ Student Center
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-student-center/student-clubs-and-organizations.html
Dismantling Heterosexism in Institutional Settings: This 3 hour training, offered as a Safe Zone 2, helps members of the NYU community understand the term “heterosexism” by developing concrete strategies to critique and resist it.
Sponsor: LGBTQ Student Center
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-student-center/Safezone.html
Free HIV Testing: HIV Testing & Counseling Services are available at no cost to all NYU students. Knowing your HIV status is the first step in getting information and taking action to stay healthy. To make an appointment, call 212-443-1122 or go to http://www.nyu.edu/shc/about/online.services.html .
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Medical Services
More information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/hiv.testing.html
Free safer sex supplies: For NYU students who choose to be sexually active, free safer sex supplies are available at the Health Promotion Office, residence halls, the Student Resource Center, and the LGBTQ Student Center. Staff and Peer Health Educators are also available to answer questions about safer sex, contraception, or sexually transmitted infections.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Health Promotion Office
More Information: www.nyu.edu/health/promotion
Gay and Bi Questioning Men: The Issues We Face Group is designed for men struggling with issues related to coming-out.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Counseling and Wellness Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/counseling/group.counseling.html
LGBTQ Student Center is a sex-positive space, a cultural philosophy that understands sexuality as a potentially positive force in one’s life and celebrates sexual diversity, differing desires and relationships structures, and individual choices based on consent.
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-student-center.html
ISM Project is a unique program that encourages students to analyze various “–isms” in our communities as they relate to race, culture, class, gender, politics, religion, and other existing social constructs through a variety of media projects, such as photos, paintings, or videotapes.
Sponsor: Center for Multicultural Education Programs
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/multicultural-educationandprograms/undergraduate-students/-ism-project.html
Men’s Health Services is staffed by a team of Primary Care providers and healthcare specialists who focus on the needs of male students, providing college men the opportunity to select providers they feel comfortable with, in an atmosphere that is non-judgmental and confidential, where male-specific medical, emotional, and sexual realities matter. To make an appointment, go to: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/about/online.services.html or call 212-443-1122.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Health Promotion Office and Primary Care Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/mens.health.html
Q-Chat is an online weekly discussion where students chat and pose questions anonymously to members of LGBTQ Staff, University Counseling Services, and their peers about coming out and any questions in regards to sexual or gender identity/expression.
Sponsors: NYU LGBTQ Student Center and The Wellness
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-student-center/q-chat.html
Safe Zone Training: These 3-hour trainings identify a growing network of students, faculty, and staff across the University who are willing and prepared to provide support and information to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.
Sponsor: LGBTQ Student Center
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-queer-student-center/Safezone.html
Sexual Encounters and Safety Group helps students who have had sexual encounters or experiences that left them feeling scared, ashamed, uncomfortable, confused, or unsafe.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Counseling and Wellness Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/counseling/group.counseling.html
Women’s Health Drop-In Sessions – (no appointment necessary): Stop by U-Hall on Fridays, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.(Sept – May) and meet with a doctor or nurse practitioner from the Student Health Center’s Women’s Health Services for: birth control prescriptions (new and refills); questions answered and concerns addressed; and safer sex information.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Women’s Health Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/womens.health.html#dropin
Women’s Health Services provides confidential examinations, treatment, and information regarding all women’s health issues from board-certified gynecologists and nurse practitioners certified in women’s health. Additionally, many of our providers are certified to perform specialized testing if necessary, including colposcopy, cryosurgery, and biopsies.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Women’s Health Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/womens.health.html, To make an appointment, go to: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/about/online.services.html or call (212) 443-1166.
Women’s Health Workshops is a 20-minute general women’s health workshop on a variety of topics including contraceptive options, gynecological exams, sexually transmitted infection prevention, breast self-exam, and more.
Sponsor: Student Health Center, Women’s Health Services
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/womens.health.html#workshop Call Women’s Health Services at (212) 443-1166 to sign up.
World AIDS Week is held the first week of December each year and is an opportunity for members of the NYU community to unite in the fight against HIV, learn the facts about HIV and to find out their HIV status through free rapid HIV testing at a variety of locations on campus.
Sponsors: Center for Multicultural Education and Programs, the Student Health Center’s Health Promotion Office, and the NYU LGBTQ Student Center
More information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/promotion/worldaidsweek.html
The Wellness Exchange is your key to accessing NYU’s extensive health and mental health resources. A central feature common to all these services is a private, 24/7 hotline that puts students in touch with professionals who can help them address day-to-day challenges as well as other health-related concerns, including medical issues, academic stress, depression, sexual assault, anxiety, alcohol and other drug dependence, sexually transmitted infections, and eating disorders. The hotline is also available if you just need to talk or want to call about a friend. The hotline can be reached from any campus phone by dialing 999 or from any outside line at 212-443-9999. The number is also printed on the back of all NYU ID cards. Not ready to call the hotline? Send a private e-mail to a counselor at wellness.exchange@nyu.edu*. More Information: www.nyu.edu/999
*PLEASE NOTE: This email address is not monitored 24/7. **If this is an emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. To speak to a counselor immediately, please call 212-443-9999.** We make every effort to answer your emails to this address within 24 hours. For non-emergent issues, if by any chance you do not receive a reply from us, please email again.
Student Health Center, Medical Services constitute outpatient primary care including HIV testing and counseling, nutrition, women’s health care, sports medicine, immunization, allergy services, travel planning services, social services, and ancillary services including radiology and a pharmacy. SHC also offers specialty services on-site, including dermatology, gastroenterology, physical and occupational therapy, and optometry.
More Information: www.nyu.edu/health
Student Health Center, Counseling and Wellness Services: Counseling and Wellness Services at SHC provides confidential counseling to both full- and part-time students. Services include crisis intervention; short-term individual counseling for personal problems such as depression, loneliness, anxiety, family or other relationships, alcohol and other drugs, eating disorders, sex, or self-esteem; and group counseling for topics such as relationship issues, eating disorders, and stress management. In addition to the central location at SHC, counselors are available in multiple locations throughout the Washington Square campus. Visit our Web site for locations. To read frequently asked questions about counseling, visit: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/faqs/index.counseling.html. To make an appointment, call 212-998-4780. www.nyu.edu/shc/counseling
Student Health Center, Pharmacy: The SHC Pharmacy is a full-service conveniently located within the Student Health Center. Services include pharmaceutical counseling, drug information and education, a wide selection of pharmaceuticals (brand name and generic), vitamins and over-the-counter medications, all at competitive prices.
More Information: http://www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/pharmacy.html or call (212) 443-1050
Student Health Center, Health Promotion Office produces dynamic educational workshops, health information, peer training and campus events to enhance personal, academic and career success. An accessible team of professional and student health educators design, deliver and evaluate diverse wellness programming, provide health consultations and serve as referral sources to additional support for vital student health issues. HPO works to empower students to make informed decisions by providing the campus community with accessible, accurate information and compassionate services that foster personal health, academic success and community wellness.
More Information: www.nyu.edu/health/promotion or call (212) 443-1235
New York City Resources:
The New York State Department of Health provides FREE HIV rapid testing as well as FREE STI testing including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. They also provide FREE hepatitis B vaccine, FREE hepatitis A vaccine to at-risk patients and FREE Gardasil (HPV) vaccine to women age 9 to 18.
Call 1-800-825-5448 or visit www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/std/std2.shtml for clinics in all 5 boroughs :
- Central Harlem Health Center 800-825-5448
2238 Fifth Avenue (@137th St.)
Free anonymous or confidential HIV rapid testing, STI testing, counseling, and referrals of all ages - Fort Greene Health Center (Brooklyn) 800-825-5448
295 Flatbush Avenue
Free anonymous or confidential HIV rapid testing, STI testing, counseling, and referrals of all ages - Callen-Lorde Health Center 212-271-7200
56 West 18th Street
www.callen-lorde.org
HIV/STI screening and care; post-exposure prophylaxis available, quality, affordable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender facility; counseling and community training available; service provide regardless of financial means
Planned Parenthood 212-965-7000
26 Bleecker Street
STI/HIV confidential screening and treatment, HIV/AIDS treatment and education, sliding scale fee, emergency Medicaid
The Door 212-941-9090 EXT 3222
555 Broome Street
HIV/STI testing and support services; counseling; educational courses; services available regardless of ability to pay for anyone ages 12-21
Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Ctr 212-423-3000
312 East 94th Street
STI testing/treatment; safer sex supplies; HIV counseling and prevention; accepts Medicaid and most insurance plans
Parkmed Clinic 212-686-6066
800 2nd Avenue 800-346-5111
STI testing and treatment; HPV vaccine
Telephone Hotlines:
ASHA STI Hotline 919-361-8488
www.ashastd.org
Answers questions about STI transmission, risk reduction, prevention, testing, and treatment
CDC National Hotline
English/Spanish 800-232-4636
TTY/Hearing Impaired 888-232-6348
www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.htm
New York State Dept. of Health
HIV/AIDS Information 800-825-5448
HIV/AIDS Counseling 800-825-5448
www.health.state.ny.us
NYC Dept. of Health AIDS Line 800-TALK-HIV
Counseling and Apts. 800-825-5448
http://home.nyc.gov/html/doh/htlm/ah/ah.shtml
Online Resources:
Go Ask Alice!
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
A question and answer resource from Columbia University Health Education about various health topics including sexuality and sexual health.
Planned Parenthood Federation Teen Resource
www.teenwire.com
Youth and young-adult friendly resources about sexuality and sexual health. Traditional question and answer forum and videos.
American Social Health Association
www.ashstd.org
A non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of patients. Well-researched and up-to-date information on STIs.