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  • Diagnosis is a life-changing word - for your body or the body of someone you love. While everyone's diagnosis experience is different, there are some common experiences. Learn more: diagnosis.

  • Many people want to understand the long-term effects of life-saving care before treatment. During treatment, there are many impacts. Learn more: before and during treatment

  • Many people deal with ongoing impacts after their treatment ends. Learn more: after hospital treatment

  • The shock of a cancer diagnosis can make it hard to talk, ask questions, and remember information. Learn more: questions to ask

  • There are some LGBTQ+ support groups that meet online and in-person. Learn more: support groups

  • Cancer can affect how we express ourselves in sexual and intimate ways. It is possible to find new ways. See: intimacy and sexual function

  • Some people will choose to tell just a few people they have cancer while others tell many people. There is no right way. Learn more: choosing who to tell and how.

  • It can be hard to know how to support someone with cancer. And, for carers to be supported in their role, too. Learn more: carers, friends and supporters

  • Coming out to health providers can support getting the right care. And, it might not be safe for you. Learn more in: coming out to health providers

  • Cancer and its treatment can change the way you look and feel about yourself. Learn more: body image and identity

  • As LGBTQ+ people we have a right to non-discriminatory care and to everything in the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. Learn more: your rights

We know that there are people within our communities who will face different access challenges, have different cultural needs and have different ways of understanding, of talking about and dealing with sickness. 

  • We don’t give culturally specific information. 

  • We can’t go into detail about specific tumour types.

  • We don’t include prevention or screening information (you can find that here) 

  • We don’t include information on end-of-life or palliative care (you can find that here) 

  • We don’t speak to the experiences of people with innate variations of sex characteristics. 

  • We don’t provide detailed information on neurodivergence and cancer.

  • We don’t provide information for people under 18.

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