Orlando Sentinel Profiles Home for Transgender People Living With HIV

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Orlando Sentinel Profiles Home for Transgender People Living With HIV

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=54298
9/5/2008

The Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday profiled the region's first residential home for transgender people living with HIV, which advocates say helps a "unique community that faces discrimination, ignorance and a disproportionate share" of HIV/AIDS cases. Keith Theriot, program manager for Orlando's Housing and Community Development Department, said that the population is "particularly complicated," adding that officials "really want to have a safe and stable environment for our clients that are in need." Michael Vance -- executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida -- said.