Homeless, she had to become a sex worker in the '70s to survive, before she started living in ashelter for transgender people. "People think that trans people do sex work in order to affirm their gender identity as a woman... to have sex with as many men as possible. That's not tr...
These individuals can be described as transgender people whose gender\\udidentity and/or gender expression does not dovetail with societal gender norms associated\\udwith their assigned sex at birth. Using a combination of face-to-face and phone interviews\\udto collect data, twenty-six interviews...
Transgender women (TW) experience significant inequities in healthcare access and health disparities compared to cisgender populations. Access to non-transition related healthcare is understudied among TW. We aimed to assess the association between acces
There are “three strikes” that inform my daily interactions and educational efforts: (1) race, because I am Black; (2) gender expression, because I am a woman; (3) gender identity, because I am trans. As a transwoman of color—perhaps the most vulnerable population in the USA to sex...
(C) Mean (SEM) change in pressure pain threshold (conditioned pain modulation) as a result of simultaneous exposure to the cold pressor and to pressure pain stimuli. CM = cisgender men (blue), CW = cisgender women (red), TW = transgender women (purple), individual circles represent part...
"For the community to have moved to a place of public acceptance and then being shut down in a way as if it were criminalized, as if we are criminals, it is absolutely unacceptable," said Sanchez. Nycole Roulette, a transgender woman who was born and raised in Odessa,...
Factors associated with increased odds of engaging in oral sex included living with HIV (adjusted [a]OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1-1.8), self-identifying as a woman (aOR:1.8, 95% CI: 1.1-2.8), mobile phone ownership (aOR:2.3, 95% CI: 1.3-3.9), receptive anal sex (aOR:1.7, 95% CI:...
Two boys who neighbors say have been living on the porch of a Detroit home for months are out of the cold for now, police said.
a very difficult process and even tougher at an oder age (I'm 42). … And living as a transgender woman that is honest about her situation is very difficult and can be dangerous. I am a very realistic person and I don't think the transitioning will magically solve all of my issues ...
Other research has suggested that married and adults living with a partner have better health outcomes. Previous research shared by Pew in early 2020 found that Millennials are less likely to live with a family of their own, such as a spouse and/or a child of their own, compared to ...