MAINTAINING YOUR TRANS* NEEDS WHILE H.I.V. POSITIVE

Article appeared in Polare 49, December 2002

What happens when a transgender person becomes H.I.V. positive and stigma is placed on top of stigma? Many oppressed transgender people have difficulty with self-acceptance, yet one of the keys for transgender people to take better care of themselves is empowerment ...

DID SHADY BACKROOM HORMONE TREATMENTS AND DIRTY NEEDLES CAUSE A KILLER OUTBREAK?

Article appeared in Polare 40, December 2000

Needle sharing has not been identified as a major risk factor for H.I.V.transmission among transsexual people, but there is a growing number of physicians and outreach workers that believe that it may be the cause of hundreds of cases in the U.S. and abroad ...

AN H.I.V.-INFECTED TRANSSEXUAL IS AMONG UNLIKELY LEADERS OF THE HAILED PROGRAM

Article appeared in Polare 39, October 2000

Jacqueline Rocha Cortes turns heads, but she isn't the latest Brazilian fashion model to conquer the catwalks. Ms. Rocha Cortes, is a transsexual who is infected with H.I.V. and has emerged as a leader in one of the most widely heralded anti-AIDS programs ...

AMPLICOR H.I.V.-1 MONITOR TEST GETS T.G.A. APPROVAL

Article appeared in Polare 14, August 1996

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (T.G.A.) has granted market approval for Roche's Amplicor H.I.V.-1 Monitor Test, the first commercial test to accurately measure the quantity of H.I.V. (H.I.V.-1 R.N.A.) in a person's blood (viral load)... 

BASIC NUTRITION MANUAL FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH H.I.V.

Article appeared in Polare 42, October 2001

Human Immunodeficiency Virus affects your nutritional status. Studies have shown that people with H.I.V. tend to eat less than people who are H.I.V. negative. The process appears to begin early in the infection. Often it is subtle and may go unnoticed ...

SOME ISSUES FOR F.T.M.

Article appeared in Polare 31, June 2001

It is considered common knowledge that H.I.V. / AIDS can affect everyone, but we know very little about its impact on transgendered people, and even less about F.T.M.transsexual and transgender people. As part of a needs assessment on transgendered people in the Canadian province of Québec, Viviane Namaste asks transmen about their relations to H.I.V. / AIDS ...

AN OVERVIEW

Article appeared in Polare 73, October 2007

Stigma can lead to people experiencing chronic stress giving rise to resistant approaches to coping, like withdrawal and isolation. In certain contexts, the impact of the meaning of a disease or condition may create more problems for an individual than the disease itself ...

MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH BOTH MEN AND TRANSGENDERS

Article appeared in Polare 12, April 1996

While many men who have sex with men (M.S.M.) also have sex with transgenders, safe-sex education strategies to reach these men have not been developed. This article highlights the social and behavioural risk factors which indicate that educating these men should be a priority ...

TRANSMISSION, SYMPTOMS, TESTING AND TREATMENT

Article appeared in Polare 2, December 1993

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (H.I.V.) and can cause illnesses by breaking down the body's ability to fight infections ...

A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR WAYNE AND CHERYL

Article appeared in Polare 4, August 1994

My name is Wayne Jones and I am a thirty-six-year-old H.I.V. Positive inmate in the Long Bay Hilton. I have been in a relationship with a Transsexual for three and a half years now who is also H.I.V. Positive. Our story while not totally unique is a very complicated one and certainly one that one day needs to be told in full. What we want to discuss in this article though is how very tough it is for people such as us to survive in this world of the Macho image and still be able to earn the respect and friendship that we have been so lucky with.

INTRODUCING POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS

Article appeared in Polare 65, October 2005

Exposure to H.I.V. may result from any action that lets infected body fluids (like blood or semen) enter your bloodstream. It's not the same as being infected withH.I.V. (being H.I.V. positive), but it can lead to this. So what is this new treatment calledP.E.P.? ... 

ADDRESSING THE SPECIAL LEGAL NEEDS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH H.I.V. /AIDS

Article appeared in Polare 56, March 2004

Asocially and geographically diverse minority group, women living with H.I.V.face multiple challenges and are more likely to experience isolation. For most, finding answers to questions and concerns about legal issues and family can be difficult and confusing ...