PURPOSE Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) are underrepresented and information about SGMs is difficult to locate in national health surveillance data, and this limits identification and resolution of SGM health disparities. It is also not known how measures of sexual orientation and transgender-inclusive gender identity in health surveillance compare with best practice recommendations. This a...

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The experiences of transgender people are becoming increasingly more visible in popular culture, biographical literature and the media. The topic has received little attention within the psychiatric and mental health nursing literature. There is a paucity of literature exploring the impact on relationships following a disclosure of transgenderism. WHAT DOES THIS P...

The criminalization of same-sex practices constrains HIV prevention for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and, in part due to the conflation of gender and sexuality, transgender women.1 Criminalization is a structural driver of HIV that indirectly influences HIV vulnerability through multiple pathways: decreased funding for HIV prevention, treatment, and care programs tai...

BACKGROUND The HIV epidemic in South Africa is characterized mainly by heterosexual transmission. Recently, the importance of targeting key populations and marginalized groups, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people, has been added to the national agenda. OBJECTIVES This mini-review explores the current state of empirical research on HIV risk and MSM, women who have ...

There is little understanding in Australia of the special issues faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in end-of-life care and advance care planning. This exploratory study aimed to achieve an initial understanding of these issues to inform the development of a larger study involving gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender service users. Consultations were carried out with 19 se...

A B S T R AC T Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community experience higher rates of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. However, discrimination might not occur equally across all members of the community. This article examines the prevalence of and factors associated with experie...

Purpose: The present study sought to examine whether individual (e.g., age, gender), interpersonal (e.g., healthcare provider discrimination), and structural (e.g., lack of insurance coverage) factors are associated with access to transition-related care in a statewide sample of transgender adults. Method: In 2013, 364 transgender residents of Massachusetts completed an electronic web-based sur...

LBO-1.2 Figure 1 LBO-1.3 SYPHILIS INFECTION AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIOURS AMONG TRANSGENDER WOMEN, CHICAGO 2010 doi:10.1136/sextrans-2011-050119.3 B Gratzer, A Hotton, M Pineda, D Pohl, L Martinez. Howard Brown Health Center/ UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Background Transgender women are an underserved and understudied popula...

There is no transgender voice or pro-transgender in the ancient Tamil literature. Transgender explanations need to be compiled from what reported as information grammatical commentary and literary works. people have been living Nadu since times can found Sangam Records about transgenders appeared Tolkappiyam Nigandus. epics narrates that it possible know status of harmony with palace life. Devo...