Abstract
A university-based human sexuality program collaborated with transgender and HIV/AIDS community organizations to develop one of the first HIV prevention programs targeting the transgender community. Based on focus group data outlining specific intervention needs, we designed, implemented, and evaluated a model prevention education workshop. The 4-hour workshop included large- and small-group meetings with presentations, discussions, role playing, and exercises based on the Health Belief Model, the Eroticizing Safer Sex approach to HIV prevention, and principles of personal and community empowerment. Transgender-sensitive audiovisual materials were developed; sexually explicit materials were incorporated. Transgender peer educators facilitated the workshop. This clinical update reviews the empirical and theoretical background of the workshop and discusses its development and implementation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 175-183 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge the collaboration of the City of Lakes Crossgender Community, the Minnesota Freedom of Gender Expression, the Aliveness Project, and the Minnesota AIDS Project. We thank the members of the planning committee: Aaron, Celie, Debra, Dotty/Kevin, Jane, Mira, Sander, and Susan; the workshop leaders and panelists; artists Kate Bornstein and Steven Grandell; assistants Libby Frost, Liz Greene, Anne-Marie Moore, and Paul Stravinsky; and editor Anne Marie Weber-Main. This project was funded by the American Foundation for AIDS Research, grant #100108-12-EG.
Keywords
- AIDS
- HIV prevention education
- Safer sex workshop
- Transgender
