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HIV Testing and PrEP Use in a National Probability Sample of Sexually Active Transgender People in the United States

July 2020

Using findings from the U.S. Transgender Population Health Survey, this report represents the first study to examine the use of PrEP among transgender people using a national probability sample in the United States. It appeared in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes in May 2020.

AUTHORS

Jae M. Sevelius
Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Tonia Poteat
Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill
Winston Luhur
Research Assistant, Former
Sari L. Reisner
Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Ilan H. Meyer
Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy

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Highlights

People who regularly tested for HIV and people who experienced affirmation of their gender identity were more likely to use PrEP.

Transgender people of color were 8 times more likely than white transgender people to be tested for HIV at least once per year.

Those who were not tested for HIV at least once a year were less likely to have favorable attitudes toward PrEP.

Data Points

23%

of transgender people at high risk for HIV infection have never been tested for HIV

46%

are tested for HIV annually

3%

of transgender people at high risk of HIV infection currently take PrEP

48%

of sexually active transgender people are familiar with PrEP

72%

of them have a favorable attitude toward it

58%

of trans men were familiar with PrEP

35%

of trans women were familiar with PrEP

Read the open-access journal article.

HIV Testing and PrEP Use in a National Probability Sample of Sexually Active Transgender People in the United States