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        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Towards Providing Culturally Aware Nutritional Care for Transgender People: Key Issues an Considerations.
Fergusson P RD, PhD, Greenspan N PhD, Maitland L BSW, RSW, Huberdeau R BA.
Can J Diet Pract Res. 2018 Mar 15:1-6.
Abstract

Sexual Inactivity among Transfeminine Persons: A Canadian Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey.
Scheim AI, Bauer GR.
J Sex Res. 2017 Nov 30:1-8.
Abstract

Drug use among transgender people in Ontario, Canada: Disparities and associations with social exclusion.
Scheim AI, Bauer GR, Shokoohi M.
Addict Behav. 2017 Mar 31;72:151-158.
Abstract

HIV-related sexual risk among transgender men who are gay, bisexual, or have sex with men.
Scheim AI, Bauer GR, Travers R.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 Oct 27.
Abstract

Experiences of Trans Women and Two-Spirit Persons Accessing Women-Specific Health and Housing Services in a Downtown Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada.
Lyons T, Krüsi A, Pierre L, et al
LGBT Health. 2016 Aug 30.
Abstract

Supporting same-sex mothers in the Nordic child health field: a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis of the most gender equal countries.
Wells MB, Lang SN.

J Clin Nurs
. 2016 Jul 25
Abstract

Sociodemographic Differences by Survey Mode in a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study of Transgender People in Ontario, Canada.
Scheim AI, Bauer GR, Coleman TA.
LGBT Health. 2015 Dec 18.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors Impacting Transgender Patients' Discomfort with Their Family Physicians: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey.
Bauer GR, Zong X, Scheim AI, ey al  

PLoS One
. 2015 Dec 17;10(12):e0145046.
Paper

Negotiating Violence in the Context of Transphobia and Criminalization: The Experiences of Trans Sex Workers in Vancouver, Canada.
Lyons T, Krüsi A, Pierre L,  et al  
Qual Health Res. 2015 Oct 28.
Abstract

Trans people's experiences with assisted reproduction services: a qualitative study.
James-Abra S, Tarasoff LA, Green D, et al

Hum Reprod
. 2015 Jun;30(6):1365-74.
Abstract

Sex and Gender Diversity Among Transgender Persons in Ontario, Canada: Results From a Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey.
Scheim AI, Bauer GR.
J Sex Res. 2014 Apr 21:1-14.
Abstract

HIV Prevalence, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women Recruited Through Outreach.
Reback CJ, Fletcher JB.
AIDS Behav. 2013 Nov 28.
Abstract

Reported Emergency Department Avoidance, Use, and Experiences of Transgender Persons in Ontario, Canada: Results From a Respondent-Driven Sampling Survey.
Bauer GR, Scheim AI, Deutsch MB, Massarella C.

Ann Emerg Med
. 2013 Oct 23.
Abstract

Nonprescribed Hormone Use and Self-Performed Surgeries: "Do-It-Yourself" Transitions in Transgender Communities in Ontario, Canada.
Rotondi NK, Bauer GR, Scanlon K, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2013 Oct;103(10):
Abstract

Suicide Protective Factors Among Trans Adults.
Moody C, Smith NG.

Arch Sex Behav
. 2013 Apr 24.
Abstract

"We don't exist": a qualitative study of marginalization experienced by HIV-positive lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender women in Toronto, Canada.
Logie CH, James L, Tharao W, Loutfy MR.

J Int AIDS So
c
. 2012 Sep 7;15(2):17392.
Abstract

Outdoor brothel culture: the un/making of a transsexual stroll in Vancouver's West End, 1975–1984
Ross B
J Hist Sociol. 2012;25(1):126-50.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
High heterogeneity of HIV-related sexual risk among transgender people in Ontario, Canada:
a province-wide respondent-driven sampling survey.

Bauer GR, Travers R, Scanlon K, Coleman TA.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Apr 20;12(1):292.
Paper

Prevalence of smoking among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender and queer (LGBTTQ) subpopulations in Toronto--the Toronto Rainbow Tobacco Survey (TRTS).
Clarke MP, Coughlin JR.
Can J Public Health. 2012 Mar-Apr;103(2):132-6.
Abstract

Teaching lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in dental education: a multipurpose method.
Brondani MA, Paterson R.
J Dent Educ. 2011 Oct;75(10):1354-61
Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
 
An HIV sexual risk profile of transgender men in a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vancouver, British Columbia
A. Rich, J. Forrest1, E. Roth, et al
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Spatial clustering of inconsistent condom use by sex work environments: need for spatially-oriented structural HIV responses in the sex industry
K. Shannon, C. Feng, O. Amram, et al
(XIX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


United States and US Territories
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Alternative kinship structures, resilience and social support among immigrant trans Latinas in the USA.
Hwahng SJ, Allen B, Zadoretzky C, et al 

Cult Health Sex
. 2018 Apr 16
Abstract

Effectiveness of a Peer Navigation Intervention to Sustain Viral Suppression Among HIV-Positive Men and Transgender Women Released From Jail: The LINK LA Randomized Clinical Trial.
Cunningham WE, Weiss RE, Nakazono T, et al
JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar 12.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cohort profile: Study of Transition, Outcomes and Gender (STRONG) to assess health status of transgender people
Quinn VP, Nash R, Hunkeler E,  et a
BMJ Open. 2017 Dec 27;7(12):e018121
Paper

Barriers to Care Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults.
Gonzales G, Henning-Smith C. et al
Milbank Q. 2017 Dec;95(4):726-748
Abstract

Primary care providers' willingness to continue gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender patients.
Shires DA, Stroumsa D, Jaffee KD, Woodford MR.
 
Fam Pract
. 2017 Dec 9.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Providing Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling for Transgender Youth (Project Moxie): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Stephenson R, Metheny N, Sharma A, et al
JMIR Res Protoc. 2017 Nov 28;6(11):e237. 
Paper

Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options (All About Me): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Koblin B, Hirshfield S, Chiasson MA, et al

JMIR Res Protoc
. 2017 Dec 19;6(12):
Abstract

Characterizing the HIV Prevention and Care Continua in a Sample of Transgender Youth in the U.S.
Reisner SL, Jadwin-Cakmak L,
AIDS Behav. 2017 Nov 14.
Abstract

"What's the right thing to do?" Correctional healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and experiences caring for transgender inmates.
Clark KA, White Hughto JM, Pachankis JE.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Nov;193:80-89.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Project LifeSkills - a randomized controlled efficacy trial of a culturally tailored, empowerment-based, and group-delivered HIV prevention intervention for young transgender women: study protocol.
Kuhns LM, Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL, Biello K, Garofalo R.

BMC Public Health
. 2017 Sep 16;17(1):713.
Paper


FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV Testing Among Transgender Women and Men - 27 States and Guam, 2014-2015
Pitasi MA, Oraka E, Clark H, Town M, DiNenno EA.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Aug 25;66(33):883-887
Paper

Impact of Sexual Violence Across the Lifespan on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender People Living With HIV.
Smith LR, Yore J, Triplett DP, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Aug 1;75(4):408-416.
 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Barriers and facilitators of HIV vaccine and prevention study participation among Young Black MSM and transwomen in New York City.
Richardson S, Seekaew P, Koblin B, et al 
PLoS One
. 2017 Jul 19;12(7):e0181702.
Paper

Homicide Rates of Transgender Individuals in the United States: 2010-2014.
Dinno A. 

Am J Public Health
.
2017 Jul 20
Abstract

Disparities in Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Among Transgender/Gender Nonconforming and Sexual Minority Primary Care Patients.
Valentine SE, Peitzmeier SM, King DS, et al

LGBT Health
.
2017 Jul 18.

Abstract

Pathological, Disabled, Transgender: The Ethics, History, Laws, and Contradictions in Models that Best Serve Transgender Rights.
Wahlert L, Gill S.

Kennedy Inst Ethics J
. 2017;27(2):249-266.
Abstract

Sexual Preferences and Partnerships of Transgender Persons Mid or Post-Transition.
Fein LA, Salgado CJ, Sputova K, et al
J Homosex. 2017 Jun 1.
Abstract

HIV Testing and Entry to Care Among Trans Women in Indiana.
Hines DD, Draucker CB, Habermann B.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2017 May 11.
Abstract

Factors Associated with Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Transgender Women Receiving HIV Medical Care in the United States.
Mizuno Y, Beer L, Huang P, Frazier EL.
LGBT Health
. 2017 May 12.
Abstract

Physical and/or Sexual Abuse Is Associated with Increased Psychological and Emotional Distress Among Transgender Women.
Kussin-Shoptaw AL, Fletcher JB, Reback CJ.

LGBT Health
. 2017 May 12.
Abstract

How Many Transgender Men Are There in San Francisco?
McFarland W, Wilson E, Fisher Raymond H.
J Urban Health. 2017 May 1.
Abstract

Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Trans*female Youth's Access to Health Care in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Johns EA, Jin H, Auerswald CL, Wilson EC.

J Adolesc Health
. 2017 Apr 21
Abstract

Gender identity and the management of the transgender patient: a guide for non-specialists.
Joseph A, Cliffe C, Hillyard M, Majeed A.
J R Soc Med. 2017 Apr;110(4):144-152
Abstract

Transgender Health in Endocrinology: Current Status of Endocrinology Fellowship Programs and Practicing Clinicians.
Davidge-Pitts C, Nippoldt TB, Danoff A, et al
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Apr 1

Abstract

Bone Mineral Density Increases in Trans Persons After One Year Hormonal Treatment: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study.
Wiepjes CM, Vlot MC, Klaver M, et al
J Bone Miner Res. 2017 Mar 29.
Abstract

A Comparison of Alternative Tobacco Product Usage, Knowledge and Beliefs Between the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community and Heterosexuals.
Jannat-Khah DP, Reynolds SA, Dill LJ, Joseph MA.
J Community Health. 2017 Mar 21.
Abstract

Challenges and opportunities for gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women in prison.
Sevelius J, Jenness V.
 
Int J Prison Health
. 2017 Mar 13;13(1):32-4
Abstract

Ballroom itself can either make you or break you' - Black GBT Youths' psychosocial development in the House Ball Community.
Telander K, Hosek SG, Lemos D, Jeremie-Brink G
.
 Glob Public Health
. 2017 Mar 3:1-13

Abstract

HIV Prevalence, Sexual Partners, Sexual Behavior and HIV Acquisition Risk Among Trans Men, San Francisco, 2014.
McFarland W, Wilson EC, Raymond HF.
AIDS Behav
. 2017 Feb 24.
 
Abstract

Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Medical Conditions Among Transgender Veterans.
Blosnich JR, Marsiglio MC, Dichter ME,
Am J Prev Med. 2017 Feb 1
Abstract

Educational Strategies to Help Students Provide Respectful Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons
Walker K, Arbour M, Waryold J.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Oct 26
Abstract

Military Considerations in Transsexual Care of the Active Duty Member.
Folaron I, Lovasz M.

Mil Med
. 2016 Oct;181(10):1182-1186.
Abstract

Addressing Health Disparities via Coordination of Care and Interprofessional Education: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health and Oral Health Care.
Russell S, More F.

Dent Clin North Am
. 2016 Oct;60(4):891-906
.
Abstract

Gender and Sexual Health: Care of Transgender Patients.
Hayon R. FP

Essent
. 2016 Oct;449:27-36.
Abstract

Differences in Healthcare Access, Use, and Experiences Within a Community Sample of Racially Diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Emerging Adults.
Macapagal K, Bhatia R, Greene GJ.

LGBT Health
.
2016 Oct 11.
Abstract

Exposure to and Attitudes Regarding Transgender Education Among Urology Residents.
Dy GW, Osbun NC, Morrison SD, et al
J Sex Med. 2016 Oct;13(10):1466-72.

Abstract

Contraceptive use and pregnancy intentions among transgender men presenting to a clinic for sex workers and their families in San Francisco.
Cipres D, Seidman D, Cloniger C 3rd,  et al

Contraception
. 2016 Sep 9.

Abstract

Exposure to and Attitudes Regarding Transgender Education Among Urology Residents
Dy GW, Osbun NC, Morrison SD,
J Sex Med. 2016 Aug 26
Abstract

"I have to constantly prove to myself, to people, that I fit the bill": Perspectives on weight and shape control behaviors among low-income, ethnically diverse young transgender women.
Gordon AR, Austin SB, Krieger N, et a
l
Soc Sci Med
. 2016 Aug 1;165:141-149.
Abstract

Ethnicity, Sex Work, and Incident HIV/STI Among Transgender Women in New York City: A Three Year Prospective Study.
Nuttbrock LA, Hwahng SJ.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 Aug 8.
Abstract

Engaging Transgender People in NIH-Funded HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Research.
Siskind RL, Andrasik M, Karuna ST, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 Aug 15;72 Suppl 3:S243-S247.
Abstract

Integrated and Gender-Affirming Transgender Clinical Care and Research.
Reisner SL, Radix A, Deutsch MB.

J   Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2
016 Au 15;72 Suppl 3:S235-S242.
Abstract

Psychosocial, HIV, and health care management issues impacting transgender individuals.
Redfern JS, Barnes A, Chang J.

Am J Orthopsychiatry
. 2016;86(4):366-372.
Abstract

Individual, social and community-level predictors of wellbeing in a US sample of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
Stanton MC, Ali S, Chaudhuri S
.
Cult Health Sex
.
2016 Jun 7:1-18.
Abstract

"I Wasn't a Priority, I Wasn't a Victim": Challenges in Help Seeking for Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.
Guadalupe-Diaz XL, Jasinski J.

Violence Against Women
.
2016 Jun 5.
Abstract

Reflections on the Legal Battles Over Prisoners with Gender Dysphoria.
Levine SB.

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2016 Jun;44(2):236-45.
Abstract

Special-"T" Training: Extended Follow-up Results from a Residency-Wide Professionalism Workshop on Transgender Health.
Kidd JD, Bockting W, Cabaniss DL, Blumenshine P.

Acad Psychiatry
.
2016 May 27.
Abstract

The Role of Structural Barriers in Risky Sexual Behavior, Victimization and Readiness to Change HIV/STI-Related Risk Behavior Among Transgender Women.
Raiford JL, Hall GJ, Taylor RD, Bimbi DS, Parsons JT.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 May 11
Abstract

A European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence: Endocrine Part.
Dekker MJ, Wierckx K, Van Caenegem E,  et al
J Sex Med. 2016 May 6.
Abstract

An ICF Perspective on Voice-related Quality of Life of American Transgender Women.
Hancock AB.

J Voice
. 2016 Apr 25.
Abstract

Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing.
Broockman D, Kalla J.
Science. 2016 Apr 8;352(6282):220-4.
Abstract

Experiences of Violence Among Transgender Women in Puerto Rico: An Underestimated Problem.
Rodríguez-Madera SL, Padilla M, et al
J Homosex
.
2016 Apr 7.
Abstract

Mental Health and Medical Health Disparities in 5135 Transgender Veterans Receiving Healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: A Case-Control Study.
Brown GR, Jones KT.

LGBT Health
. 2016 Apr;3(2):122-31.
Abstract

Acceptability of Three Novel HIV Prevention Methods Among Young Male and Transgender Female Sex Workers in Puerto Rico.
Giguere R, Frasca T, Dolezal C, et al
AIDS Behav
. 2016 Apr 5
Abstract

Social Media Use and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors in Young Black and Latino Gay and Bi Men and Transgender Individuals in New York City: Implications for Online Interventions.
Patel VV, Masyukova M, Sutton D, Horvath KJ.
J Urban Health. 2016 Apr;93(2):388-99.
Abstract

Using social media to increase HIV testing among gay and bisexual men, other MSM, and transgender persons: Outcomes from a randomized community trial.
Rhodes SD, McCoy TP, Tanner AE, et al

Clin Infect Dis
. 2016 Mar 14
Abstract

A novel method for estimating transgender status using electronic medical records.
Roblin D, Barzilay J, Tolsma D,,et al

Ann Epidemiol
. 2016 Mar;26(3):198-203.
Abstract

"This Is Where You Fall off My Map": Trans-Spectrum Spatialities in Washington, DC, Safety, and the Refusal to Submit to Somatic Erasure.
Edelman EA.
J Homosex. 2016 Mar;63(3):394-404.
Abstract

Transgendered Care by Endocrinologists in the United States
Irwig MS.
Endocr Pract
. 2016 Feb 26.
Abstract

Comparison of Individual and Area Level Factors Between HIV-Infected Cisgender and Transgender Individuals in Florida (2006-2014)
Fennie KP, Trepka MJ, Maddox LM,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb 17
Abstract

Discriminatory Experiences Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Transgender Adults.
Reisner SL, White Hughto JM,  
J Couns Psychol
. 2016 Feb 11.
Abstract

A novel method for estimating transgender status using electronic medical records.
Roblin D, Barzilay J, Tolsma D,  et al

Ann Epidemiol
. 2016 Feb 4.
Abstract

LifeSkills for Men (LS4M): Pilot Evaluation of a Gender-Affirmative HIV and STI Prevention Intervention for Young Adult Transgender Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Reisner SL, Hughto JM, Pardee DJ, et al  
J Urban Health. 2016 Jan 11.
Abstract

HIV Diagnoses and Care Among Transgender Persons and Comparison With Men Who Have Sex With Men: New York City, 2006-2011.
Wiewel EW, Torian LV, Merchant P, et al
Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec 21:e1-e6.
Abstract

Gender Dysphoria and Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorders: Review, Case Examples, and Treatment Considerations.
Jacobs LA, Rachlin K, Erickson-Schroth L, Janssen A.
LGBT Health. 2014 Dec;1(4):277-82
Abstract

Mental Health and Medical Health Disparities in 5135 Transgender Veterans Receiving Healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: A Case-Control Study.
Brown GR, Jones KT.

LGBT Health
. 2
015 Dec 16.
Abstract

Documentation Status as a Contextual Determinant of HIV Risk Among Young Transgender Latinas.
Palazzolo SL, Yamanis TJ, De Jesus M, et al
LGBT Health. 2015 Dec 15.
Abstract

"This is Where you Fall off My Map": Trans-Spectrum Spatialities in Washington, DC, Safety, and the Refusal to Submit to Somatic Erasure.
Edelman EA.

J Homosex
. 2015 Dec 7
Abstract

Does your organization use gender inclusive forms? Nurses' confusion about trans* terminology.
Carabez R, Pellegrini M, Mankovitz A, et al

J Clin Nurs
. 2015 Nov;24(21-22):3306-17
Abstract
 

Acceptability and Feasibility of HIV Self-Testing Among Transgender Women in San Francisco: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study.
Lippman SA, Moran L, Sevelius J, et al
AIDS Behav
. 2015 Oct 28.
Abstract

 

Characteristics of Transgender Residents of Massachusetts Cities With High HIV Prevalence.
White Hughto JM, Reisner SL, Mimiaga MJ.

Am J Public Health
. 2015 Oct 15:e1-e5.
Abstract

 

Risk Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Transgender Women and Men Undergoing Community-Based Screening for Acute and Early HIV Infection in San Diego.
Green N, Hoenigl M, Morris S, Little SJ.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Oct;94(41):e1830.
Abstract
 

Transgender Inmates in Prisons: A Review of Applicable Statutes and Policies.
Routh D, Abess G, Makin D ,et al
Int J Offender Ther Comp Crimino
l
. 2015 Sep 14.

Abstract

 

"Just Because It's Out There, People Aren't Going to Use It." HIV Self-Testing Among Young, Black MSM, and Transgender Women.
Frye V, Wilton L, Hirshfied S, Chiasson MA,  et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS
. 2015 Sep 16
Abstract
 

Correlates of PrEP Indication in a Multi-Site Cohort of Young HIV-Uninfected Transgender Women.
Kuhns LM, Reisner SL, Mimiaga MJ,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2015 Sep 3.
Abstract

 

The HIV Risk Profiles of Latino Sexual Minorities and Transgender Persons Who Use Websites or Apps Designed for Social and Sexual Networking.
Sun CJ, Reboussin B, Mann L,  et al

Health Educ Behav. 2015 Aug 13
Abstract

 

Dyadic dynamics of HIV risk among transgender women and their primary male sexual partners: the role of sexual agreement types and motivations.
Gamarel KE, Reisner SL, Darbes LA, et al
AIDS Care. 2015 Aug 14:1-8.
Abstract

 

Does your organization use gender inclusive forms? Nurses' confusion about trans* terminology.
Carabez R, Pellegrini M, Mankovitz A,  et al

J Clin Nurs
. 2015 Aug 12
Abstract

 

Non-medical use of prescription drugs and HIV risk behaviour in transgender women in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Benotsch EG, Zimmerman RS, Cathers L,et al  
Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Jul 15
Abstract
 

HIV Testing by Transgender Status at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Funded Sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands, 2009-2011.
Habarta N, Wang G, Mulatu MS, Larish N.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Jul 16:e1-e9
Abstract

 

Feasibility and Acceptability of Developing a Multisite Clinical Cohort of Transgender People with HIV Infection.
Poteat TC, Hanna DB, Althoff KN.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2015 Jun 30
Abstract

 

Associations of sexual and gender minority status with health indicators, health risk factors, and social stressors in a national sample of young adults with military experience.
Blosnich JR, Gordon AJ, Fine MJ.

"nn Epidemiol
. 2015 Jun 19.
Abstract

 

Focusing on the "T" in LGBT: An Online Survey of Related Content in Texas Nursing Programs.

Walsh D, Hendrickson SG.
J Nurs Educ
. 2
015 Jun 1;54(6):347-51.

Abstract

The DSM-5 and the Politics of Diagnosing Transpeople.
Davy Z.
Arch Sex Behav
. 2015 Jun 9.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Knowledge, Indications and Willingness to Take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Transwomen in San Francisco, 2013.

Wilson EC, Jin H, Liu A, Raymond HF.
PLoS One
. 2015 Jun 3;10(6):e012897
Paper

Laboratory-confirmed HIV and sexually transmitted infection seropositivity and risk behavior among sexually active transgender patients at an adolescent and young adult urban community health center.
Reisner SL, Vetters R, White JM,  et al 
AIDS Care
. 2015 Mar 19:1-6.
Abstract

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among trans*female youth ages 16-24 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Rowe C, Santos GM, McFarland W, Wilson EC.

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2015 Feb 1;147:160-6
Abstract

Mental Health of Transgender Youth in Care at an Adolescent Urban Community Health Center: A Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.
Reisner SL, Vetters R, Leclerc M, , et al

J Adolesc Health
. 2015 Jan 7. pii: S1054-139X(14)00693-4
Abstract

Care of the Transgender Patient: A Survey of Gynecologists' Current Knowledge and Practice.
Unger CA.  
J Womens Health
(Larchmt)
. 2014 Dec 19
Abstract

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among trans*female youth ages 16-24 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Rowe C, Santos G, McFarland W, Wilson EC.
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2014 Dec 15.
Abstract

Transactional sex and prevalence of STIs: a cross-sectional study of MSM and transwomen screened for an HIV prevention trial.
Solomon MM, Nureña CR, Tanur JM, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Dec 17. pii: 0956462414562049
Abstract

Transsexual Surgery May Be Covered By Medicare.
Green J.
LGBT Health. 2014 Dec;1(4):256-258.
Abstract

Gender Dysphoria and Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorders: Review, Case Examples, and Treatment Considerations.
Jacobs LA, Rachlin K, Erickson-Schroth L, Janssen A.
LGBT Health. 2014 Dec;1(4):277-282.
Abstract

Use of the .Internet to Meet Sexual Partners, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Mental Health in Transgender Adults
Benotsch EG, Zimmerman RS, Cathers L,  et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Nov 27
Abstract

Attitudes Toward Straight, Gay Male, and Transsexual Parenting.
Weiner BA, Zinner L.

J Homosex
. 2014 Oct 6.

Abstract

 Housing Status and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women in Los Angeles.
Fletcher JB, Kisler KA, Reback CJ.

Arch Sex Behav
. 2014 Sep 5
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Access to care for transgender veterans in the Veterans Health Administration: 2006-2013.
Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Lindsay J,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep;104 Suppl 4:S532-
Paper

Racial/ethnic disparities in history of incarceration, experiences of victimization, and associated health indicators among transgender women in the U.S.
Reisner SL, Bailey Z, Sevelius J.

Women Health
. 2
014 Sep 4.
Abstract

Health Disparities: Comparing Full Cohort and Nested Matched-Pair Study Designs in a Community Health Center.
Reisner SL, White JM, Bradford JB, Mimiaga MJ.
LGBT Health. 2014 Sep 1;1(3):177-184
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual mixing and the risk environment of sexually active transgender women: data from a respondent-driven sampling study of HIV risk among transwomen in San Francisco, 2010.
Wilson EC, Santos GM, Raymond HF.
BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 6;14(1):430.
Paper

Experiencing Violence and Enacting Resilience: The Case Story of a Transgender Youth.
DiFulvio GT.

Violence Against Women
. 2014 Aug 3.
Abstract

Who are the sexual partners of transgender individuals? Differences in demographic characteristics and risk behaviours of San Francisco HIV testing clients with transgender sexual partners compared with overall testers.
Wilson EC, Chen YH, Raad N, et al
Sex Health. 2014 Aug 7.
Abstract
Qualitative Analysis of Transgender Inmates' Correspondence: Implications for Departments of Correction.
Brown GR.
J Correct Health Care. 2014 Jul 18.
Abstract

HIV Risk Behaviors in the U.S. Transgender Population: Prevalence and Predictors in a Large Internet Sample.
Feldman J, Romine RS, Bockting WO.
J Homosex
. 2014 Jul 14
Abstract

Enhancing Benefits or Increasing Harms- Community Responses for HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Transgender Women, Female Sex Workers, and People Who Inject Drugs
Baral S, Holland CE, Shannon K, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2014 Aug 15;66 Suppl 3:S319-28
Abstract

We're Just Targeted as the Flock That Has HIV": Health Care Experiences of Members of the House/Ball Culture.
Rowan D, DeSousa M, Randall EM,  et al

Soc Work Health
Care
. 2014;53(5):460-77.
Abstract

The Use and Correlates of Illicit Silicone or "Fillers" in a Population-Based Sample of Transwomen, San Francisco, 2013.
Wilson E, Rapues J, Jin H, Raymond HF.
 et al
J Sex Med
. 2014 May 9.
Abstract

The Interaction of Drug Use, Sex Work, and HIV Among Transgender Women.
Hoffman BR.
Subst Use Misuse
. 2014 Jul;49(8):1049-1053
Abstract

Sexual risk behaviors and psychosocial health concerns of female-to-male transgender men screening for STDs at an urban community health center.
Reisner SL, White JM, Mayer KH, Mimiaga MJ.

AIDS Car
e
. 2014 Jul;26(7):857-64.

Abstract

Characteristics of transgender individuals entering substance abuse treatment.
Flentje A, Heck NC, Sorensen JL.
Addict Behav
. 2014 May;39(5):969-75.
Abstract

Fundamental principles inherent in the comprehensive care of transgender inmates.
Simopoulos EF, Khin Khin E.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014;42(1):26-36.
Abstract

Commentary: gender nonconformity within a conformist correctional culture.
Wall BW.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2014;42(1):37-8.
Abstract

Transgendered and incarcerated: a review of the literature, current policies and laws, and ethics.
Glezer A, McNiel DE, Binder RL.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2013;41(4):551-9.
Abstract

The State of Transgender Health Care: Policy, Law, and Medical Frameworks.
Stroumsa D.
Am J Public Health. 2014 Jan 16
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Abstract

Research funded by the national institutes of health on the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations.
Coulter RW, Kenst KS, Bowen DJ, Scout.

Am J Public Health
. 2014 Feb;104(2):e105-12
Abstract

Practices of receptive and insertive anal sex among transgender women in relation to partner types, sociocultural factors, and background variables.
Nemoto T, Bödeker B, Iwamoto M, Sakata M
AIDS Care. 2014 Apr;26(4):434-40.
Abstract

Transgendered and incarcerated: a review of the literature, current policies and laws, and ethics.
Glezer A, McNiel DE, Binder RL.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013;41(4):551-9.
Abstract

Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations.
Coulter RW, Kenst KS, Bowen DJ, Scout.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Dec 12.
Abstract

Characterization of a self-designated transsexual population.
Meyer JK, Knorr NJ, Blumer D.
Arch Sex Behav. 1971 Sep;1(3):219-30.

Abstract

Practices of receptive and insertive anal sex among transgender women in relation to partner types, sociocultural factors, and background variables.
Nemoto T, Bödeker B, Iwamoto M, Sakata M.
AIDS Care. 2013 Oct 28.
Abstract

Correlates of HIV Infection Among Transfemales, San Francisco, 2010: Results From a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study.
Rapues J, Wilson EC, Packer T,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2013 Jun 13

Abstract

Gender Affirmation: A Framework for Conceptualizing Risk Behavior among Transgender Women of Color
Sevelius JM.
Sex Roles. 2013 Jun 1;68(11-12):675-689.
Abstract

Managing uncertainty: a grounded theory of stigma in transgender health care encounters.
Poteat T, German D, Kerrigan D.

Soc Sci Med
. 2013 May;84:22-9.
Abstract

Stigma Towards PLWHA: The Role of Internalized Homosexual Stigma in Latino Gay/Bisexual Male and Transgender Communities.
Ramirez-Valles J, Molina Y, Dirkes J.

AIDS Educ Prev
. 2013 Jun;25(3):179-89.
Abstract

From Efficacy to Effectiveness: Facilitators and Barriers to PrEP Acceptability and Motivations for Adherence Among MSM and Transgender Women in New York City.
Golub SA, Gamarel KE, Rendina HJ, et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2013 Apr;27(4):248-54
Abstract

"That's So Gay!" Exploring College Students' Attitudes Toward the LGBT Population.
Holland L, Matthews TL, Schott MR.

J Homosex
. 2013 Apr;60(4):575-95
Abstract

Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Participation of Male-to-Female Transgender Persons in Preventive HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials.Andrasik MP, Yoon R, Mooney J,, et al
Prev Sci
. 2013 Feb 28.
Abstract

Substance use as a mediator of the relationship between life stress and sexual risk among young transgender women
Hotton AL, Garofalo R, Kuhns LM, Johnson AK.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Feb;25(1):62-71.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Community-based HIV prevention interventions that combat anti-gay stigma for men who have sex with men
and for transgender women.

Cahill S, Valadéz R, Ibarrola S.
J Public Health Policy.
2012 Nov 15.
Paper

Continued Sexual Risk Behaviour in African American and Latino Male-to-Female Transgender Adolescents
Living with Hiv/Aids: A Case Study.
Van Devanter N, Duncan A,et al
J AIDS Clin Re
s
. 2011 Dec 20;(S1).

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV prevention service utilization in the Los Angeles House and Ball communities: past experiences and recommendations for the future.
Holloway IW, Traube DE, Kubicek K, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Oct;24(5):431-44.
Paper

Syndemic Theory and HIV-Related Risk Among Young Transgender Women: The Role of Multiple, Co-Occurring Health Problems and Social Marginalization.
Brennan J, Kuhns LM, Johnson AK, et al
Am
J Public Health
. 2012 Sep;102(9):1751-1757
Abstract

Gender Abuse, Depressive Symptoms, and HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons: A Three-Year Prospective Study.
Nuttbrock L, Bockting W, Rosenblum A,  et al

Am J Public Health
. 2012 Jun 14.
Abstract

Prevention case management improves socioeconomic standing and reduces symptoms of psychological
and emotional distress among transgender women.

Reback CJ, Shoptaw S, Downing MJ.

AIDS Care
. 2012 Jun 7.
Abstract

Transgender identity development as represented by a group of transgendered adults.
Morgan SW, Stevens PE.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2012 May;33(5):301-8.
Abstract

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or intersexed content for nursing curricula.
Brennan AM, Barnsteiner J, Siantz ML,
J Prof Nurs. 2012 Mar-Apr;28(2):96-104.
Abstract

Relational and sexual fluidity in females partnered with male-to-female transsexual persons.
Aramburu Alegría C.
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2012 Feb 1
Abstract

Self-Castration by a Transsexual Woman: Financial and Psychological Costs: A Case Report.
St Peter M, Trinidad A, Irwig MS.
J
Sex Med
. 2012 Jan 12
Abstract

Parental Support and Condom Use Among Transgender Female Youth.
Wilson EC, Iverson E, Garofalo R, Belzer M.

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2011 Nov 12.
Abstract

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Physicians' Experiences in the Workplace.
Eliason MJ, Dibble SL, Robertson PA.

J Homosex
. 2011 Nov;58(10):1355-71.

Abstract

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health issues, disparities, and information resources.
McKay B.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2011 Oct;30(4):393-401.

Abstract

Girlfriends: Evaluation of an HIV-Risk Reduction Intervention for Adult Transgender Women.
Taylor RD, Bimbi DS, Joseph HA, et al

AIDS Educ Prev
. 2011 Oct;23(5):469-78.
Abstract

"This area has been declared a prostitution free zone": discursive formations of space, the state, and trans
"sex worker" bodies.
Edelman EA.
J Homosex.  2011 Jul-Aug;58(6-7):848-64.
Abstract

Religiosity As a Protective Factor Against HIV Risk Among Young Transgender Women.
Dowshen N, Forke CM, Johnson AK,
J Adolesc Health
. 2011 Apr;48(4):410-
Abstract

Silicon-associated subcutaneous lesion presenting as a mass: a confounding histopathologic correlation.
Shvartsbeyn M, Rapkiewicz A.

Hum Pathol
. 2011 Mar 7.

Abstract

Understanding the transsexual patient: culturally sensitive care in emergency nursing practice.
Polly R, Nicole J.
Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2011 Jan-Mar;33(1):55-64
Abstract

House/ball culture and adolescent African-American transgender persons and men who
have sex with men: a synthesis of the literature.
Phillips G 2nd, Peterson J, Binson D, et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Jan 24:1-6
Abstract

Transmen in San Francisco: What do We Know from HIV Test Site Data?
Chen S, McFarland W, Thompson HM, Raymond HF.

AIDS Behav
. 2010 Dec 9.
Abstract

Unprotected Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk in the Context of Primary Partnerships for
Transgender Women.
Operario D, Nemoto T, Iwamoto M, Moore T.

AIDS Behav
. 2010 Aug 26
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual risk taking among transgender male-to-female youths with different partner types.
Wilson EC, Garofalo R, Harris DR, Belzer M.

Am J Public Health
. 2010 Aug;100(8):1500-5
Paper

Sex and condom use in a large jail unit for men who have sex with men (MSM) and
male-to-female transgenders.

Harawa NT, Sweat J, George S, Sylla M. 
J Health Care Poor Underserved
. 2010 Aug;21(3):1071-87.
Abstract

The role of religiosity, social support, and stress-related growth in protecting
against HIV risk among transgender women.
Golub SA, Walker JJ, Longmire-Avital B, et al

J Health Psychol
. 2010 Jun 3.
Abstract

Contextual Influences on Sexual Risk-Taking in the Transgender Community.
Kosenko KA.

J Sex Res. 2010 Mar 24:1-12.
Abstract

Creating Environments of Care With Transgender Communities.
Thornhill L, Klein P.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2010 Mar 4
Abstract

 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Confronting the 'HIV epidemic' of stigma and infection in Houston's transgender population
R. Massingill
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

PrEP awareness in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) assessed for participation in the US PrEP demonstration project
O. Bacon, E. Vittinghoff, S. Cohen, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Intersections of disclosure and prosecution: transgender people respond to U.S. criminal laws based on HIV status
L. Sprague, C. Chung

(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV testing within transgender populations - evidence of disparities by gender diversity
A. Radix, P. Meacher, R. Clarkson ,et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Intersections of disclosure and prosecution: transgender people respond to U.S. criminal laws based on HIV status
L. Sprague, C. Chung,
XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Buffering effect of cultural and community identity on psychological wellbeing among API and Latina
transgender women
T Nemoto,A Leonard, M Iwamoto, E Eilkhani
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Effect of discrimination and stigma on health care access: Qualitative research with transgender Tennesseans
K Buchman 

(139 APHA)
Abstract

Justice Pays: Avoidable transgender health outcomes and access to quality care
J  Scherer  
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Characteristics of transgendered persons who accessed HIV services
D Hines 
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Psychosocial factors and HIV-related risk behaviors among NYC Transgender youth
C Nurse, MA. Joseph, J Birnbaum
 
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Influence of structural factors on the HIV status and sex work activity of trans women
E. Lombardi, M. Friedman
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Associations between HIV sexual risk behaviours, substance use, hormone misuse and housing status
among transgender women
C. Reback, J. Fletcher, S. Shoptaw, K. Kisler
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Men's institute of leadership excellence and service (MILES)
R Kelley, T Combs
(139 APHA)
Abstract

HIV Prevention among MtF Transgender Persons in Wisconsin: Leadership Development and Provider Preparation
G Hollander, B Coley, M Herrmann, et al
(136th APHA)
Abstract

Racial differences in HIV risk among transgender women
T Nemoto, M Iwamoto,A Morris,et al 
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 

Transgender Adult Identity Mentoring (TG-AIM): HIV prevention through positive possible futures
CAC Forbes, L Clark, M Martinez  
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
Healthy development and positive mental health for transgender youth: A group therapy approach
CAC Forbes, S Collotzi
(136th APHA)
Abstract

 
Physiologic changes to cross hormone therapy in transgender youth
J Olson, M Belzer
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
Substance use among diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations: A qualitative investigation
KF Balsam, K Fieland 
(136th APHA)
Abstract

 
Integrating prevention and services for issues of risk and resilience among transgender youth
L Clark
 
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
Providing transgender hormone therapy in a community health setting: A policy analysis
CA. Barcelos
(136th APHA)
Abstract

 
Growing up outside the lines: Experiences of gender among FTM transgender youth
LC Pollock
(136th APHA)
Abstract

 
Medical Care Access and Hormone Access among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons in New York City
NF Sanchez
(136th APHA)
Abstract

 
Tranny Rockstar project: Changing social norms
B Salcedo 
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
 
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