World AIDS Day

Here are some facts on male-to-female trans people. As HIV continues to be a frontline enemy of the community, there are little resources to support large scale data collections on transgendered people.

MTFs have high rates of HIV infection, with overall rates of 35% in San Francisco in 1997 and 22% in Los Angeles in 1998.A study of MTF sex workers in Atlanta found that 68% tested positive for HIV.Infections among MTFs continue to rise, with an estimated rate of new infections of 3-8% per year. African American MTFs have higher rates of HIV than other racial/ethnic groups.

More facts can be found on http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/MTF.html