Transgender Health

Findings reveal that Black transgender women accounted for 78% of all transgender women murdered in the U.S., with gun violence as the leading cause and Southern and Midwestern regions showing the highest rates of violence, linked to structural racism and anti-transgender policies.

Halliwell et al., 2024, led by Pamuela Halliwell, MA, LMFT at The San Diego LGBT Community Center and Laramie Smith, PhD at UCSD, documents the devastating violence that disproportionately impacts Black transgender women. Findings reveal that Black transgender women accounted for 78% of all transgender women murdered in the U.S., with gun violence as the leading cause and Southern and Midwestern regions showing the highest rates of violence, linked to structural racism and anti-transgender policies.

A new CHPRC analysis evaluates the quality of the HIV-related information provided by ChatGPT and other popular chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the extent to which these chatbots tailor their responses to address diverse HIV prevention needs.

The Support Academic Futures & Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act prohibits school boards from requiring the forced outing of LGBTQA+ youth n school settings. Critical protections includes newly passed SAFETY Act and others established rights under U.S. and California law.

Infographic Menthol Cigarette Users: An Examination of Menthol Cigarette Use by Gender and Race February 14, 2024 This is a study of mental health experiences and harm perceptions of cigarettes among current menthol cigarette smokers, stratified by gender. This highlights racial/ethnic and gender disparities among menthol cigarette smokers. Download Authors CalCenSyn

Infographic Transgender People and HIV in California 2020 November 18, 2022 Infographic from data from the HIV Surveillance Report 2020. The Continuum of HIV Care reports from 2016 to 2020, and the HIV and Transgender People Fact Sheet 2020 published by the California Department of Public Health. Authors Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center Transgender […]

Infographic Trans Persons and HIV in CA 2020 November 18, 2022 Infographic from data from the HIV Surveillance Report 2020. The Continuum of HIV Care reports from 2016 to 2020, and the HIV and Transgender People Fact Sheet 2020 published by the California Department of Public Health. Download Authors Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center

Infographic 2017 Transgender Data Dashboard August 17, 2022 Using data from the California Department of Public Health’s 2017 HIV Surveillance Report, we have developed this data dashboard that provides HIV surveillance data visualizations on how the epidemic impacted transgender individuals in California. In 2017, 2% (77) of new diagnoses were among transgender people. Of those, […]

Meeting Proceedings Policy and Research Priorities to End the Epidemics of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STIs, and Overdose: a California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers and End the Epidemics community convening December 29, 2021 On November 10, 2021, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers (CHPRC) and the statewide End the Epidemics coalition (ETE) convened a community meeting […]

Policy Brief Evaluating the Impact of Prior Authorization Requirements for PrEP and PEP in California September 14, 2019 In response to California Senate Bill 159, the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center conducted a rapid response study, interviewing clinical providers and navigators of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to investigate the impact of prior […]