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Ten Things Transgender Persons Should Discuss With Their Health Care Providers (Regularly Updated)
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From Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Asia-Pacific: Transgenders Assert Identity at AIDS Meeting (August 17, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sexual Minorities More Likely to Seek Mental Health Services, Study Finds (August 14, 2009)
Greater levels of discrimination, stress may be factors, researchers say.
From University of California-Los Angeles
Trans Justice Now! (July 1, 2009)
Hundreds gather in support of transgender rights, target HRA feet-dragging; GENDA update (or lack thereof).
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Bali White Inspires (June 15, 2009)
Comptroller Thompson bestows LGBT Pride award on transgender Housing Works staffer.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Transgender People, Hormonal Therapy and HIV Treatment Interaction (December 2008)
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In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
A Transgender Therapy Primer (July/August 2008)
Basic information for hormonal treatment and drug interaction.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Policing Gender and Sexuality (July/August 2008)
Transgender sex workers, HIV and justice.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Safer Sex Post-SRS: A Brave New World, Indeed (July/August 2008)
Answers to questions about sexual safety after sex reassignment surgery.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The Invisible (July/August 2008)
A quick look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a group often overlooked.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Transgender Health Expert Explores HIV in Transgender Communities (July/August 2008)
A leading expert on HIV in the transgender community explains why there's more work to be done.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Transgender Therapy and HIV (July/August 2008)
Two complicated conditions rolled into one.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
We All Balance Both Genders Within, Columnist Says (July/August 2008)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Testifying to the Transgender Experience (July 3, 2008)
Congress holds first-ever hearing on trans discrimination.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Trans Canada (Spring 2008)
Many transgendered men and women face unique challenges that make them highly vulnerable to violence, mental illness, substance abuse, poverty and HIV infection. Now, a growing number of specialized programs are working to support one of society's most marginalized communities.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Don't Mess With These Girls: Transgendered HIVers Fight Back (August 2004)
Rebecca Minnich describes some of the mistreatment that transgendered people face when trying to get medical care.
In POZ
It's All About Gender -- Discrimination (Spring 2004)
Matt Kailey describes the homophobia -- and "transphobia" -- he faced in his transition from heterosexual woman to "gay" man.
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In Resolute!, from PWA Coalition Colorado
As Trans People, Do We Create Our Own Barriers to Health? (Summer 2003)
In Resolute!, from PWA Coalition Colorado
On Parade (May 2003)
A poem about GLBT Pride parades, by James Pergola.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Pride and Prejudice (May 2003)
A psychologist answers the question: "What do I do if I want to go to a GLBT Pride parade, but I'm disturbed by the participants' behavior?".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Transgender Resource Center Opens in Seattle (February 18, 2003)
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Transitioning Our Shelters (PDF) (2003)
A guide to making homeless shelters safe for transgender people.
From National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
A Walker Between Two Worlds (December 2002)
The story of Johnny, an HIV-positive, part-Navajo, part-Apache "nadleeh" -- or transgendered person.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Boston: Especially Shunned, Especially Vulnerable -- Fighting HIV by Reaching Out to Transgender Prostitutes (October 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fact Sheet: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Issues (April/May 2001)
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In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
The Transgender Community at the World AIDS Conference (September/October 2000)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Transgender Positive (November 1996)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

Resources

National Transgender Advocacy Coalition
TransFamily of Cleveland
Support group for transgendered and transsexual people & their loved ones.
Transgender Forum Community Center

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