Background HIV prevalence among transgender women is estimated to be 50 times greater than that of nontransgender adults, and yet HIV-positive transgender women exhibit low rates of linkage to and retention in HIV primary care, trends which are exacerbated among substance-using and minority transgender women. Transgender women experience a number of psychosocial challenges specific to their gen...

It is not uncommon for transgender patients to avoid sharing information about their identity and medical history with health care professionals, due to past negative experiences within health care settings. Professionals who show sensitivity to the topic and express care about health record documentation can increase a transgender patient's trust. There are many opportunities to increase trans...

BACKGROUND Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with oral emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is used to prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV in groups at high risk such as transgender women. We used data from the iPrEx study to assess PrEP efficacy, effectiveness, and adherence in transgender women. METHODS The iPrEx trial was a randomised controlled trial of PrEP with oral emtricita...

INTRODUCTION A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate how various definitions of transgender affect prevalence estimates. AIMS To evaluate the epidemiology of transgender and examine how various definitions of transgender affect prevalence estimates and to compare findings across studies that used different methodologies, in different countries, and over different perio...

We are proud to announce that Transgender Health has been accepted for inclusion in PubMed Central and PubMed. Transgender Health is the first and only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to transgender healthcare to be accepted for inclusion in PubMed Central and PubMed. This is a huge milestone for the Journal and the transgender health community. I would like to thank our dedicated associate edi...

BACKGROUND To date, research findings are inconsistent about whether the neuroanatomy in transgender persons resembles that of their natal sex or their gender identity. Moreover, few studies have examined the effects of long-term cross-sex hormonal treatment on neuroanatomy in this cohort. The purpose of the present study was to examine neuroanatomical differences in transgender persons after p...

INTRODUCTION The rights of trans people are protected by a range of international and regional mechanisms. Yet, punitive national laws, policies and practices targeting transgender people, including complex procedures for changing identification documents, strip transgender people of their rights and limit access to justice. This results in gross violations of human rights on the part of state ...

Transgender people have been disproportionally affected by HIV, particularly transgender women. Their increased vulnerability to HIV is due to multiple issues, including biological (eg, increased efficiency of HIV transmission through receptive anal sex), epidemiological (eg, increased likelihood of having HIV-infected partners), structural (eg, social stigma limiting employment options), and i...

Objectives Transgender individuals commonly experience barriers to quality health care and may suffer from unique musculoskeletal complaints. Although these needs are often inadequately addressed within the health care system, they could be attended to by the chiropractic community. This narrative review describes best practices for delivering culturally sensitive care to transgender patients w...