Publications on Transgender
Report on Transgender-Competent Care Workshop Report 2019
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The workshop drew expertise from across the region, as well as from the Fenway Institute. Session topics ranged from introductions to terminology around gender identity and health issues faced by transgender community, to more advanced topics such as gender affirmative hormone therapy and gender affirming surgeries.

 
 
Integrated Biological-behavioral Surveillance Survey among Adolescent and Young People who Inject Drugs, Female Sex Workers, Males who Have Sex with Males and Male to Female Transgender Persons
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Indonesia has a large population and is one of the top three countries, after Philippines and Myanmar, to have the highest rate of new HIV infections. Adolescent (15-19 years old) and young (20-24 years old) (AY) key populations (KP), including people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW), males who have sex with males (MSM) and transgender persons (TG), are extremely vulnerable to HIV transmission. However, very little is known about their socio-demographic characteristics, sexual risks, access to services, HIV transmission knowledge and perceived risk and HIV prevalence.
 
 
Transgender Fact Sheets
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Trans people in all parts of the world are at heightened risk of violence, harassment and discrimination. Human rights violations range from bullying and verbal abuse, to denial of healthcare, education, work and housing, to criminalization, arbitrary arrest and detention, violence, assault, torture, rape and murder. Exposure to these and related abuses may be further exacerbated by other factors, such as age, ethnicity, occupation, socio-economic class and disability.
 

 
 
Key Population-led Health Services (KP-LHS) Critical to PrEP Introduction among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Eomen (TGW) in Thailand
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USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) Bangkok, Thailand July 24, 2018
 
 
Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender in Tarai Highway Districts of Nepal: Round II - 2018
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This is the second round of Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) survey among MSM/TG conducted in eight districts of Tarai Highway Districts in Nepal. The primary objectives of the IBBS surveys were: to determine the prevalence and trend of HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT), Neisseria Gonorrhoea (NG) and associated HIV-related risk behaviors among MSM/TG, collect information related to socio-demographic characteristics and explore the association between the risk behaviors and HIV and other specific STIs among MSM/TG population.

 
 
Differentiated HIV-service Delivery Along the Cascade for Men who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Thailand: Lessons Learned from LINKAGES Project
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The Key Population-Led Health Services (KPLHS) Model was developed by the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre (TRCARC) and is currently being implemented by communitybased partners through funding provided by USAID/PEPFAR through the LINKAGES Project managed by FHI 360. KPLHS was started in four provinces (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Songkhla) in Thailand, is now placed in the national HIV/AIDS strategy for scale-up, and receiving financing from the Thai National Health Security Organization (NHSO). The model defines a set of HIV-related health services, which focuses on improving HIV service uptake among KPs including men who have sex with men (MSM), male sex workers (MSW), transgender women (TGW), and transgender women sex workers (TGSW) and delivers differentiated HIV services, tailored to the needs of the specific subpopulation.
 
 
Case Study: Opening Up Spaces for Transgender Communities in India
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This is the first in a series of rapid case studies examining ‘person-centred’ aspects of community-led HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes in different contexts.
 
 
Know Violence: Exploring the Links between Violence, Mental Health and HIV Risk among Men Who have Sex with Men and Transwomen in South Asia
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This report by UNDP, ICRW and APCOM Foundation explores the links between violence, mental health and HIV risk among men who have sex with men and transwomen in seven South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
 
 
Legal Gender Recognition in China: A Legal and Policy Review
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The report provides specific recommendations and suggested actions that will promote legal gender recognition and inclusion for transgender people and, if adopted, will facilitate an enabling environment for transgender people to access education, employment, health and other public services.
 
 
LGBTI People and Employment: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics in China, the Philippines and Thailand
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This report makes concrete recommendations for governments, the private sector, civil society, multilateral agencies and non-government organizations to take action to improve the situation for LGBTI people in employment settings.