Transgender Women and Men

What Works

Promising Strategies

1.: Peer educators can encourage transgendered women to increase condom use and testing.

1. Peer educators can encourage transgendered women to increase condom use and HIV testing.

In India, where transgendered women have an HIV prevalence of 20%, paid peer educators provide condoms to other transgender women, resulting in an uptake of condoms (no data given). Peer educators encourage “No condoms, no sex;” teach condom negotiation skills and advise to avoid police where forced sex may occur . (Abstract)

Chakrapani et al., 2008 India, condom use, transgender, peer education

Chakrapani, V., H. Mhaprolkar, P. Newman, V. Anand and A. Kavi. 2008. “Social Hierarchy, Community Norms and HIV Risk among Hijra (Transwomen) Communities in India.” Abstract WEPE0708. XVII International Conference on AIDS. Mexico City, Mexico. August 3-8.

Trained transgendered peer educators (no gender identity specified) reached out to transgendered sex workers (no gender identity specified) in Mexico, of the 100 reached, 15% then accessed VCT . (Abstract)

Flores et al., 2008 Mexico, transgender, sex workers, peer education

Flores, R., J. Blass and S. Ramirez. 2008. “The Participation of Transgender Sex Workers in Peer Prevention Strategies and Lobbying Activities.” Abstract THPE0407. XVII International AIDS Conference. Mexico City, Mexico. August 3-8.