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National Transgender HIV Testing Day

This April 18th we recognize National Transgender HIV Testing Day, an initiative to increase HIV screening, prevention, and treatment among transgender people. According to CDC, 2,351 transgender people were newly diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. from 2009 to 2014, with transgender women accounting for 84 percent of those diagnosed. In 2013 alone, of the 3.3 […]

Vu Q&A: The Importance of Sex Ed for Addressing HIV Among Youth

We sat down with Dr. Brian Mustanski, Director of the Northwestern University Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing and Professor of Medical Social Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine, to talk about the importance of tailoring HIV prevention resources specifically for at-risk youth. Q: As a clinical psychologist, what role do mental […]