National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2019
Newsfeed Transgender women—notably, those who are Black and Latina—experience disproportionately high rates of HIV. April 18, 2019 • By Trenton Straube Real Health RSS – Categories
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Miss Universe’s first transgender contestant rocks the runway
She’s transfixing! Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, the first openly transgender contestant in the 66-year history of the Miss Universe pageant, is getting rave reviews for her bikini body, runway glamour and message of inclusion. “I always say: Having a vagina didn’t transform me into a woman,” the post-op trans gal told reporters as the pageant… Read More »
Transgender women taking PrEP have lower levels of PrEP drugs, especially in rectal tissues, than cisgender men
A study presented at last month’s HIV Research for Prevention conference (HIVR4P) in Madrid shows that transgender women who are taking feminising hormones and also taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have levels of the PrEP drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine in their blood that are about 25% lower than those in cisgender men, and levels in rectal… Read More »