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Deliver effective services to this growing population! This volume
presents the first collection of reports on the impact of HIV/AIDS
on the transgender community worldwide. It includes a thorough
description of the unique HIV risks of transgender people and
exposes their largely neglected health and social service needs.
This unique book also reports on the first generation of prevention
interventions targeting this community, discusses guidelines for
providing sex reassignment services to HIV-positive transsexuals,
and encourages collaboration between communities at risk,
researchers, and people in the helping professions.The social
stigma faced by this population adds to their risk of HIV
infection. Low self-esteem, rejection, neglect, employment
discrimination, disenfranchisement, and a desire for acceptance and
validation are all contributing factors. Yet, as the editors point
out, "On the positive side, the transgender community has been able
to mobilize and empower itself, and has found a voice that no
longer can be ignored. We call on transgender and nontransgender
people alike to work together to advance HIV prevention and promote
our sexual health."In Transgender and HIV you'll encounter:
extensive discussions of the health, social service, and HIV
prevention needs of the transgender community tips on how to work
with marginalized communities in an empowering way explorations of
the sexuality of both male-to-female and female-to-male
transsexuals first-ever findings on sex reassignment surgery on
HIV-positive individuals guidelines for surgery on HIV-positive
transsexualsTransgender and HIV provides much-needed and
often-requested information on HIV prevalence, risks, prevention,
and care for this increasingly visible community.
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