'It's really a hard life': Love, gender and HIV risk among male-to female transgender persons

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-245

  Melendez, Rita M ^a   Pinto, Rogério ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Male to female; Relationships; Stigma; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOVE; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 34247585577     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050601065909     Document Type: Article

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