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Against the odds: transgender, black and HIV-positive

Started by Shana A, August 17, 2010, 08:17:04 AM

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August 17, 2010, 08:17:04 AM
Against the odds: transgender, black and HIV-positive
by Josh Lederman
Aug 15, 2010

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=168375

HIV and AIDS affect every segment of American society, but they affect certain populations disproportionately. About half of those living with HIV in the United States are African-American. About a quarter are older than 50. And a study in the journal "AIDS and Behavior" found 28 percent of male-to-female transgender people are infected. Josh Lederman has the story of one woman who fits all three categories.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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