Transsexuals And Hiv

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A Transgender Therapy Primer

Transgender individuals may use male or female hormones to make them more masculine or more feminine. Therapy is not just for physical changes. It has been found to greatly reduce psychological distress. Transgender hormonal therapy is taken for life. Female-to-male transgender individuals, or FTMs, can take the male hormone testosterone. Male-to-female transgender individuals, or MTFs, can take the female hormones estrogen and progesterone...

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Worried about episode with 2 transsexuals...

Hello Doctor Bob, this is my first post ever and I promise you that before I decided to write to you, I did a whole lot of reading of previous posts and your answers to them, but still I felt the need to ask my questions, so here goes my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Transsexual dynamic duos, bathrooms without water and drug stores that allow you to buy injectable Rocephin and Benzathine penicillin G plus oral azithromycin??? Where the hell do you live???Your STD/HIV risk from unprotected insertive oral sex... Read more »

URGENT: sex with a transsexual sex worker

First,I commend you Dr Bob for your tremendous generosity and patience to such a terrified group of people, your strength and patience is inspiring. I did something very out of the ordinary and had an encounter in Spain with a transexual...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,"Protected" sex is indeed protected, assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail (break). Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent. HIV cannot permeate intact latex. No way. No how!HIV PCR testing is not... Read more »

Elective Surgery for HIV+ Patients

I am a pre-operative transsexual(male-to-female). I was approved for and hadscheduled gender reassignment surgery prior to an HIV+ diagnosis. I am asymptomatic with high(>600) CD-4 counts and undectable viral load. I have considered the...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

If you are asymptomatic with a high CD4 count, then from your own point ofview, your HIV status doesn't really enter into the decision very much. There is no evidence that your HIV infection would have any effect on theoutcome of surgery, or... Read more »

sex with HIV positive transgender prostitute

In late January had unprotected anal sex with a transgender escort in which the condom broke found out is HIV and hsv 2 positive. I took HIV antibody test at 3 months, 4 months and 6 months all negative results. also paid for a western blot thinking...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.Assuming that you had no additional exposures, your tests are definitive. You do not have HIV infection. Testing at six months following exposure is definitive.Rashes can be caused by many things, not just HIV. A... Read more »

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Scared of HIV, what u think in my case ??

Posted by belgium, 1 Reply

I had last monday sex with a transsexual of the street, i went to bed. She kissed me several times, then she sucked me with a condom. I did have anal sex with her but with a condom (not sure if condom was strong enough). Then she touched my anus... Read more »

HIV+ folks who R gay, bi, or trans and coming out?

Posted by Keya

Hello, ya'll. What has been the whole 'commming out' process been like as a person living with HIV and who is gay, bi, or transgender? Is it something you still struggle with if so why or why not? I am a young person in their young 20's and was born... Read more »

transgender HIV prevention

Posted by kami

Transgender Individuals in San Francisco Needed for HIV Prevention Study
Want to earn $25 for an hour of your time and help with the fight against AIDS? I am an AIDS researcher from the University of Illinois who is traveling around the country doing... Read more »

Am I at high risk for infection?

Posted by talktal, 2 Replies

Last night I did something extremely stupid, I had sex with a transsexual prostitute. I gave oral (with a condom on) and received anal as well (with a condom on as well). The same condom was used for both parts, and lube was used on my anus prior... Read more »

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