HIV/AID's in the Transgender community by Ani Joy https://padlet.com/akjoy/ycgbu8mqmty8 en-us 2018-04-23 18:04:39 UTC 2018-04-30 18:26:06 UTC hello@padlet.com akjoy https://padlet.com/akjoy/ycgbu8mqmty8/wish/256651320 Transgender refers to people who identify or express a different gender than their assigned sex at birth.Within the United states 1 million people identify as  transgender,  2,351 out of the million were diagnosed with HIV from 2009 to 2014. The percentage of transgender people who received a new HIV diagnosis from the 3.3 million HIV testing events was more than 3 times the national average, CDC reported.HIV prevalence is about 19·1% in transgender women.]]> 2018-04-30 18:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/akjoy/ycgbu8mqmty8/wish/256651320 Transgender people have multiple factors that increase their risk of getting HIV including, The absence of condoms or medicines to prevent HIV, multiple sexual partners, commercial sex work, shared syringes from injected hormones and drugs, substance abuse, incarceration, mental health issues, homelessness, unemployment, violence and lack of family support compare to the common population. akjoy https://padlet.com/akjoy/ycgbu8mqmty8/wish/256652241 2018-04-30 18:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/akjoy/ycgbu8mqmty8/wish/256652241