Ethics approval

The study has already been approved by the ethics committee of the LMU Munich.

Perspective

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first project to adress in depth the topic of transactional sex, sex work and sexualized substance use. Based on the results, concrete and specific interventions will be developed to help further differentiate and improve the care situation for those directly affected. In the long term, improvements in therapeutic services are possible.

This work will be taken as a basis for further projects in the field. Initially, it is planned within the framework of the SEARCHER project to create this website with measures for risk education and harm-reduction as well as options for counseling, prevention (e.g. contact addresses for testing centers for sexually transmitted infections or for prescribing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, PreP) and therapy (e.g. referral centers for initiating detox-treatment or treatment for sexually transmitted infections).

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us!

 Augsburg

• Augsburg city - Office for Municipal Prevention
  
  Website: www.augsburg.de/bkp
  Email: netzwerk.praevention@augsburg.de 
  Phone:  +49 (0) 821 324 3309
  Address:  Gögginger Straße 57, 86159 Augsburg

• Assisted Living in Augsburg: Assisted living Augsburg: Those seeking help can take up assisted living in their own apartment or in our abstinent living community (Nachsorge-WG). Offer: Personal reference person as contact person. Discussions to identify life goals. Guidance in identifying problems and solving them. Support in organizing everyday life. Group and free time activities. Help with work and professional integration. Living in an abstinent living community. Individual planning of the future and support in its implementation.
  
  Website:   Betreutes Einzelwohnen Augsburg • Condrobs e.V.
  Adress: Beim Schnarrbrunnen 4, 86150 Augsburg 
  E-mail:  augsburg@condrobs.de
  Phone: +49 (0) 821 50890693
   

Hamburg

• Basis und Woge: As a supporting organization, we at basis & woge unite a wide range of assistance services under our roof. Our goal across all services and projects is to help people at eye level and to stand by them in their time of need. Together with them we want to work out new ways and create perspectives. Our offers can be classified in a number of subject areas: We offer help and support with family conflicts, sexual violence, living on the street, discrimination, and for refugees. In the following, you will get an overview of the different offers and who is available to you as a contact person there in each case. If you have any questions or are unsure where to place your request, please feel free to contact our office.
  
  Website: https://basisundwoge.de/
  Email:   info@basisundwoge.de
  Phone:  +49 (0) 40 3984260
  Address: Eulenstraße 43,  22765 Hamburg

• Hein und Fiete: The gay checkpoint. Every Tuesday and Thursday: tests for HIV and other STI for free and anonymous.
  
  Website: https://www.heinfiete.de/de 
  Email:   info@heinfiete.de
  Phone:  +49 (0) 40 240333
  Address: Pulverteich 21, 20099 Hamburg

Munich

Österreich
 

• Chemsex Netzwerk: Chems and sex. Drug use during sex is also a reality for many people in Vienna and Austria. Safer sex and safer use, a safe environment for all involved, mental and physical health - these are all important issues when it comes to chemsex. For all chemsex users, the facilities of the Chemsex Network offer support and counseling.

         Website: chemsex.at

         Email:  office@chemsex.at

Graz
 

• Aids Hilfe Steiermark We advise, inform and care for people in an appreciative manner, regardless of age, ethnic origin, socio-cultural belonging, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, political stance and personal life situation, about sexual health matters with a focus on HIV/AIDS.

         Website: www.aids-hilfe.at

         Email:  steirische@aids-hilfe.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 316815050

         Address: Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3, 8010 Graz

Innsbruck

Counselling centers

• Aidshilfe Tirol

         Website: https://www.aidshilfe-tirol.at/

         Email:  office@aidshilfe-tirol.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 512563621

         Address:  Kaiser-Josef-Straße 13,  6020 Innsbruck

Linz

• AURORA: We support people who are or have been involved in prostitution in a social work and holistic way. Our goal is to create a place of acceptance and appreciation. We accompany them to expand their options for action. As a social initiative, we stand up for their rights and stand against injustice and exploitation. The association is based in Ober-Austria.

         Website: www.verein-aurora.at

         Email:  info@verein-aurora.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 67764264096

         Address:  Paul-Hahn-Straße 1-3, 4020 Linz
 

Salzburg

Counselling centers

• Aidshilfe Salzburg

         Website: https://www.aidshilfe-salzburg.at/

         Email:  salzburg@aidshilfen.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 662881488

         Address:  Innsbrucker Bundesstraße 47, 5020 Salzburg

Wien

Counselling centers

• COURAGE: is the first counseling center for same-sex and transgender lifestyles recognized under the Family Counseling Promotion Act and the City of Vienna. COURAGE offers free and anonymous counseling primarily for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and their relatives. COURAGE sees itself as a partner, family and sexual counseling center and is available to all those seeking advice and help in the areas of relationships and sexuality as well as violence and sexual assault. COURAGE operates nationwide and is internationally networked and recognized.

         Website: www.courage-beratung.at

         Email:  info@courage-beratung.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 15856966

         Address:   Windmühlgasse 15, 1060 Vienna
 

• SOPHIE: We are a counseling center of Volkshilfe Wien for sex workers* in Vienna, Burgenland and Lower Austria. We support female-to-be-read and non-binary persons in expanding their scope of action inside and outside of sex work. We work with an accepting approach - that means we take your life situation as a sex worker seriously and work on problem solutions and an improvement of the general life situation without prejudice and moralizing. Are you a sex worker or have you ever worked in sex work? Then you are right with us!

         Website: www.sophie.or.at

         Email: sophie@volkshilfe-wien.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 1897 55 36

         Address: Oelweingasse 6-8, A- 1150 Vienna

General Practice:

• Group Practice Dr. Horst Schalk + Dr. Karl Heinz Pichler General Practitioners: One of our specialties is the care of HIV-positive patients. All HIV-specific laboratory tests and - if necessary - HIV therapy are available at our clinic. Another major focus of ours is the care of people living together as a same-sex partners. In our practice, homosexual people find an open atmosphere in which they can also address personal and intimate problems. We are available exclusively by appointment on some days as early as 7 am and as late as 8 pm. Moreover, we are open on weekdays all year round, there are no closures due to vacations.

         Website: www.schalkpichler.at

         Mail: praxis@schalkpichler.at

         Phone:  +43 (0) 14080744

         Address:  Zimmermannplatz 1, 1090 Vienna

• Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Alkomiet Hasan
• Dr. med. Marcus Gertzen
• Douglas Silva Leao
• Naiiri Ghazari (M.Sc.)
• Theresa Halms (M.A.)
• Peter Martl

• PD Dr. med Tobias Rüther
• Dr. med. Andrea Rabenstein
• Cornelia Rosenberger
• Moritz Strasburger
• Solveig Gernun
• Johanna Schwarz
• Sinan Karcher
• Hanna Hentschel

Visit our website: 

  www.chsx.de