If you are using a gendered restroom, and there is someone in there that you think looks they belong in the other gendered restroom, but they are just peeing/washing their hands/fixing their makeup in the mirror/etc and not harassing you, please DO NOT:
- call the police
- ask or tell them that…
alexophile submitted this step, and it’s a great one:
Be able to have a substantive talk about contraception.
If your body of knowledge regarding contraception is limited to what you were taught in school, it is likely woefully inadequate. You don’t need to be an expert, just be able…
dear transfetish tumblr:
I think that trans* bodies are beautiful. I think that maybe, based on what I found on your page and the pages you follow, you think that trans* bodies are objects. I’m not an object. So, while I appreciate your kind gesture of following me, my blog is not what you are…
JAC is so smart. And very right. We’re not objects!
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what not to do when someone asks you to use certain pronouns
- ask them why
- ask them whats between their legs
- tell them they’re wrong
- hammer them with personal questions
what to do when someone asks you to use certain pronouns:
- call them by those pronouns
- have a snack if you want w/e you’re pretty much done here
HIV prevalence stands at 30% among transgender women in Lima, Peru, according to results of a 450-trans[ ]woman study. The investigators conclude that “transwomen are the group most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in Peru.”
For the study abstract
Peru has an estimated 75,000 people with HIV infection, according to UNAIDS, and an HIV prevalence of 0.4% among 15- to 49-year-olds, lower than the estimated 0.6% in the United States. Transgender women are often included in research on men who have sex with men, as in the iPrEx study of tenofovir/emtricitabine for pre-exposure prophylaxis. This is the first seroepidemiologic study designed specifically for transgender women in Peru.
By respondent-driven sampling, researchers recruited 450 transgender women between April and July 2009. Trans[ ]women completed a survey on sociodemographic characteristics, gender enhancement procedures, and sexual behavior. All study participants were tested for HIV, syphilis, and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2).
Nearly one third of study participants, 30%, had HIV. HSV-2 prevalence stood at 79% and syphilis prevalence at 23%.
While 70% of trans[ ]women reported having gender-enhancement procedures, 64% reported sex work as their main economic activity.
Multivariable analysis found a higher risk of HIV infection in trans[ ]women older than 35, those with syphilis, and those with HSV-2.
Source: Alfonso Silva-Santisteban, H. Fisher Raymond, Ximena Salazar, Jana Villayzan, Segundo Leon, Willi McFarland, Carlos F. Caceres. Understanding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in transgender women of Lima, Peru: results from a sero-epidemiologic study using respondent driven sampling. AIDS and Behavior. 2012; 16: 872-881.
