Structural disadvantage and HIV risk – comparing risk factors between trans women’s partnerships with cis men and trans women sexual partners
Trans women with cisgender men sexual partners faced higher HIV risk than trans women with trans women sexual partners. These risks may be related to the social and economic drivers that both trans women and their cisgender men partners faced, namely structural racism that may explain barriers to education and employment, along with incarceration and recidivism. Interventions focused on economic stability, workforce development and post incarceration re-entry housing and employment support for trans women and their cisgender men partners may have the most impact on reducing HIV risk and incidence.
Authors
- Sofia Sicro
- Dillon Trujillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7990-1909)
- Sean Arayasirikul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-6206)
- Erin C. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0237-495X)
- Willi McFarland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4148-5660)
- Caitlin Turner
- Bow Suprasert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6519-7126)
- Christopher J. Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6478-7856)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- San Francisco Department of Public Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23871-1
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health