Sexual & Gender Affirming Care

Safer sex is about more than staying healthy. It includes protecting yourself and your partner(s) from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintentional pregnancy. This means utilizing contraception correctly and consistently and assessing your risk for STIs from sex (vaginal, anal, and oral) and intimate skin-to-skin contact. But it’s also about affirmative consent, body positivity and self-love, communicating openly with your partner(s), finding out what you like and what you don’t like, and being comfortable and confident in however you choose to express your sexuality.

An STI is an infection spread from one person to another through sexual contact. STIs affect people of all genders and sexual orientations and often show no signs or symptoms. If you are sexually active, it is important to get screened regularly for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). 

Student Health Services can provide screening for:

• HIV
• Syphilis
• Gonorrhea
• Chlamydia
• Hepatitis B, and C

We can test for other less common STIs if you are symptomatic.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, helps people who do not have HIV but who are at substantial risk of getting it to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day.PrEP can be combined with condoms and other prevention methods to provide even greater protection than when used alone. 

When taken consistently, PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in people who are at high risk by up to 92%. Contact us to learn more and figure out if PrEP is right for you.

We provide comprehensive contraceptive health services, including:

• Consultation: Our team can assist you in choosing the birth control method that best fits your needs and lifestyle.
• Prescriptions: We offer prescriptions for hormonal contraceptives.
• Insertion: We perform the insertion of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) devices, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants (Nexplanon), along with follow-up care if needed.
• Pregnancy Counseling: We offer counseling on pregnancy options, including referrals for prenatal care and pregnancy termination services.

In collaboration with Counseling Services, Health Services provides hormone therapy (feminizing or masculinizing hormones) management to our transgender students. Speak with one of our caring providers to learn more.

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The student health insurance plan has a provision regarding sexual reassignment treatment and surgery. For details, please read about how insurance and eligibility at Rutgers University–Newark works, or contact Health Services.

• More About Insurance & Eligibility