Transgender people, sex work and HIV
Oct. 13th, 2003 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lovingbothSomeone recently gave a presentation to a semi-official body on transgendered people and sex work. Most are doing sex work to pay for gender reassignment surgery.
However she said that around 70-80% of mtf sex workers were HIV+ and gave several reasons for this, including being more vulnerable to taking more money to have (anal) sex without a condom.
She also opined that there was a very high rate of HIV infection in mtf people generally (much higher than the about 17% for gay men in London).
Now, it may just be the people I know, but this sounds extremely high to me. Had I been at the meeting, I'd have been asking 'where's the evidence for that?'
Not least because AIUI most of the surgeons who do gender reassignment won't take HIV+ patients.
Thoughts?
However she said that around 70-80% of mtf sex workers were HIV+ and gave several reasons for this, including being more vulnerable to taking more money to have (anal) sex without a condom.
She also opined that there was a very high rate of HIV infection in mtf people generally (much higher than the about 17% for gay men in London).
Now, it may just be the people I know, but this sounds extremely high to me. Had I been at the meeting, I'd have been asking 'where's the evidence for that?'
Not least because AIUI most of the surgeons who do gender reassignment won't take HIV+ patients.
Thoughts?
