Be an Ally: Trans HIV Care
Be an Ally: How to Improve Care for Transgender Persons Living With HIV

Released: August 22, 2024

Expiration: August 21, 2025

Colleen F. Kelley
Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH
Kritima Jemma Samitpol
Kritima Jemma Samitpol,

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In this episode, Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH, and Jemma Samitpol discuss key considerations to improve the patient experience among transgender persons with HIV, including:

  • Unique circumstances faced by transgender people trying to access HIV care (eg, stigma, discrimination)
  • Best practices to improve access and linkage to HIV care
  • Ways to integrate gender-affirming care into HIV care
    • Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment
    • Offering same-day HIV treatment
    • Addressing potential drug–drug interactions with gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), including ART and natural remedies
    • Understanding and communicating expectations of GAHT (eg, treatment response, timing of effects)
    • Providing information on the safety of gender-affirming surgeries
  • Importance of providing person-centered care (eg, mental health, substance abuse, housing, harm reduction)
  • Strategies on how to promote a gender-affirming environment (eg, wearing pronoun buttons, staff training)
  • Consequences to the lack of gender recognition laws
  • How to “be an ally” for transgender people with HIV