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HIV & AIDS
Rates of HIV infection in the United States are higher in urban minority populations, men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who use illegal injection drugs. There is no cure for HIV—the virus that causes AIDS.
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Transgender Health
The terms “transgender” and “transsexual” refer to people who identify with a gender identity that differs from their biological sex or assigned gender role. In some cases, transgender individuals dress and live as a different gender and adopt an identity associated with the opposite biological sex, and in other cases, they transition from one gender to the other by taking sex hormones or surgically removing or modifying genitals and reproductive organs.
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Alternative Insemination
Alternative insemination, also called artificial insemination or donor insemination, can be used to allow gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (who are not taking hormones) people to conceive a child.
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Living With... HIV/AIDS
In the 1980s, when I was first diagnosed with HIV, there were no known long term effective treatments and prognosis was poor. After going through diagnosis-related depression for a period of time, I noticed I wasn't following the same pattern as those I knew who had died already. Read More
