Articles- Collected Articles For The Transgender Community

by Hannah Dreier Mon May 30, 3:31 am ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – AIDS nearly killed Lou Grosso three decades ago, but that didn’t prepare him for the latest news from his doctor: he has heart disease.

Like many older HIV carriers facing problems — including financial — they never expected to live long enough to confront, Grosso, 57, also suffers from aching joints, memory loss and nerve pain.

Of the 14 pills he takes each day, only three are designed to treat HIV.

Dr. Brad Hare, his specialist at San Francisco General Hospital, keeps track of it all, but Grosso is still worried.

“I’ve often said to my doctors, ‘You’re so worried about the AIDS but I’m gonna drop over from a heart attack’,” Grosso said. “It bothers me; I’m having a good life and don’t want it to be cut short because my body thinks I’m 80.” (more…)

By Kevin Eisenmann on May 26, 2011

A new, comprehensive primary care protocol for treating members of the transgender community has been released by the UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health.

The web-based guidelines provide peer-reviewed medical guidance for providers and patients and are the first of their kind in the nation. (more…)

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Joel Brimmerman, 17, is finishing his junior year in high school in Wichita, Kan. He identifies as a transgender man and changed his name when he transitioned socially.
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By Neal Broverman

While Republicans in the South and Midwest are passing bills that strip rights away from LGBT people, Nevada’s GOP governor signed legislation on Tuesday that will protect transgender people in the workplace. (more…)

by Derek Lactaoen
EDGE Contributor

As state lawmakers consider two measures that would extend additional legal protections to LGBT Californians, transgender activists held their second annual lobby day in Sacramento.

Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, said more than 65 elected officials met with their trans constituents who traveled to the State Capitol on May 1-2.

“We believe the ability to be ourselves is a basic right that everybody in California should have,” said Davis. (more…)

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2011

Critical new research has found that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood, including depression, suicide attempts that require medical care, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and risk for HIV. This is the first known study to examine the relationship between school victimization during adolescence – specifically related to sexual orientation and gender identity – with multiple dimensions of young adult health and adjustment. The study demonstrates the importance of addressing and preventing anti-LGBT victimization at the structural or school level to reduce health disparities among LGBT young people. The study is published in the Journal of School Health, the journal of the American School Health Association. (more…)