Transphobia hurts trans women’s health, new HIV research finds

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Transphobia hurts trans women's health, new HIV research finds

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Story by John Russell (26 Jan 2024)

New research published this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that social and economic marginalization, including employment and housing discrimination, increases transgender women's risk of contracting HIV.

The report, published Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, analyzed data from a survey of more than 1,600 transgender women in seven U.S. cities from 2019 to 2020. The goal of the survey was to assess for the first time the factors that have led transgender women—and especially trans women of color—in the U.S. to have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection.

Survey participants were also provided with HIV testing, with 42 percent of participants testing positive for HIV. Among Black participants, 62 percent were HIV positive compared to 35 percent of Hispanic and Latina participants and 17 percent of white participants.

"It is no secret that trans people, trans women, and especially trans women of color face immense barriers in HIV prevention," New York University professor and queer health advocate Joseph Osmundson, who was not involved in the CDC research, told STAT News. "This new research not only formalizes this knowledge but addresses some of the underlying reasons, including increased rates of homelessness and transactional sex."

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