Transgender and HIV

Edmond J Coleman, Sheila Kirk, Walter O Bockting

Contents



About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Sex, Drugs, and the Culture of Travestismo in Rio de Janeiro
Methods
Findings
Discussion
Chapter 2. Transgenders, HIV/AIDS, and Substance Abuse: From Risk Group to Group Prevention
Transgenders: Understandings and Misunderstandings
HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Risks
Conceptualizing Risk
Beyond Individual and Psychological Risk: Historical and Contemporary Risk Structures
Toward Group Prevention
Chapter 3. Transgender Health and Social Service Needs in the Context of HIV Risk
Introduction
Research Methods
Health and Social Service Needs
Problems in Obtaining Appropriate Services
Implications and Recommendations for HIV Prevention
Chapter 4. HIV Risk Behaviors of Male-to-Female Transgenders in a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program
Overview of the Community-Based Program
Method
Conclusion and Discussion
Chapter 5. HIV Prevention and Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco
Background
Methods
Results
Discussion of Findings
Limitations and Conclusions
Chapter 6. HIV/AIDS and Female-to-Male Transsexuals and Transvestites: Results from a Needs Assessment in Quebec
Introduction
Background of the Project
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Chapter 7. Education and Soul-Searching: The Enterprise HIV Prevention Group
Introduction
A Brief History of Enterprise
Paradigm Shifts in HIV Prevention
The Enterprise Prevention Workshops
Key Issues form Workshop Participants
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Transgender HIV Prevention: Community Involvement and Empowerment
Introduction
Planning
Needs Assessment
Recruitment
Intervention
Evaluation
Celebration
Replication
Discussion
Recommendations for Future Collaboration
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Sex, Truth, and Videotape: HIV Prevention at the Gender Identity Project in New York City
Introduction
Program Participants
Peer-Driven Assessment of Needs
Prevention Strategies
Training, Advocacy, and Empowerment
Chapter 10. Sex Reassignment Surgery in HIV-Positive Transsexuals
Introduction
Review of Literature
Findings
Conclusion
Chapter 11. Guidelines for Selecting HIV-Positive Patients for Genital Reconstructive Surgery
Introduction
Guidelines
My Personal Experience
Conclusions
Index
Reference Notes Included