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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
Two-Spirit and Transgender Communities Present for the First Time at 50th PACHA Meeting (February 15, 2013)
In AIDS United Policy Update, from AIDS United
New York: Jamaica Center Will Use Grant to Fight HIV in the Transgender Community (October 30, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Turning the Tide of HIV for MSM, Sex Workers and Trans People (July 26, 2012)
From AIDSmeds.com
AIDS 2012: HIV in Transgender Communities (July 25, 2012)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Rising Infection Rates, Stigma and Discrimination Addressed at AIDS 2012 Pre-Conference on Men Having Sex With Men and Transgender People (July 23, 2012)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Amid Rapid Changes in Global AIDS Response, AIDS 2012 Pre-Conference Event Highlights Implications for Gay Men and Transgender People (June 19, 2012)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, former High Court Judge Michael Kirby, Dr. Kevin Fenton and Jamaican activist Maurice Tomlinson to join more than 600 experts from around the world. Full-day event to focus on implications of treatment as prevention, shifts in global financing, HIV criminalization, and ongoing barriers in addressing global HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men and transgender people; program available on request.
From Global Forum on MSM & HIV
Through the Lens of Community: Trans Inclusion in Women's and LGBT Organizations (June 19, 2012)
Part two of a two-part series exploring perspectives on transgender health access and advocacy.
From TheBody.com
Breaking Down Barriers to Transgender Health and HIV Care (June 6, 2012)
Part one of a two-part series exploring perspectives on transgender health access and advocacy.
From TheBody.com
More Research Needed Into How Transgender Persons in Asia, Pacific Affected by HIV, Stigma, Report Says (May 17, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Resources

How to Talk Trans: An Introduction (February 4, 2013)
From The Well Project
HIV Frontlines: Addressing the Needs of the API Community in New York City (May 17, 2012)
A conversation with Robert Murayama, M.D., chief medical officer of Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS Community Health Center (APICHA CHC).
From TheBody.com
Illinois: AIDS "Life Skills" Intervention May Reduce HIV Risk (February 9, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PositivelyFrisky.com Launches (July 18, 2011)
PositivelyFrisky.com is an invite-only site that gives a fun and lighthearted community forum to those living with HIV.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Care of the HIV-Infected Transgender Patient (July 2011)
A resource for HIV care providers.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Primed: The Back Pocket Guide for Transmen & The Men Who Dig Them (PDF) (2009)
From Queertransmen.org
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
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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