The Health of Transgender People

16/02/2022 22 min Episodio 4

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Episode Synopsis

A recent article published in the Journal of AIDS reported that 9.2% of trans people are living with HIV in the United States, compared to 0.5% of the general population. They are one of the groups most impacted by the HIV epidemic. As Jessica Xavier puts it, “…for the longest time, transgender persons have been the orphans of the HIV epidemic…” This episode of the H is for Human will be devoted to the health of transgender people.