basically it says as part of a national study of HIV rates of infection 381 TS replied with 73% MtF and 25% FtM but then only 53% of each said they identified as women and men respectively which no doubt confused the researchers unaware of the full spectrum of gender...especially as 23% of MtF classed themselves transwomen and 13% of the FtMs as transmen.
69% were under 50.
84% were French born and raised.
44% have university degress,
35% have children but doesn't say if fathered or mothered them.
84% of all had been to shrink for diagnosis and 85% use hormones.
6.9% have HIV but 17% of them that are prostitues have HIV
22% had surgical sterilization and 29% had sex reassignmnet surgery. but 66% said they had gone abroad and presumably paid for their surgeries despite the French health servcie being quite good and EU legislation saying surgery must be made available on national health services.
58% who had national health surgery reported good treatmnet but 48% of these said they had surgical complications.
94% who had surgery in private clinics in France reported good treatmnet with only 17% reporting complications.
77% of those who went abroad reported good treament with 28% complications.
So the study shows the French National health system has to do the diagnosis, hormones and therapies and then the operations but makes the process a bit traumatic and the surgeons aren't as skilled or careful.
And to get best transition and surgeries it is best to be able to pay for private care in quality clinics.
I think these results would probably be equal to what we in UK would report and most other countries TS would report about the same figures and conclusions...unless perhaps France being a Catholic country with still a strong nationalistic/patriotic ethos that might see TSism as a lifestyle choice/perversions/freak etc.
The higher number of TS prostitutes with HIV might be explained by there being so many beautiful younger coloured TS prostitutes from France's former African, Pacicic and Caribean colonies where HIV is rife due to Catholica bans on condoms.
