Deliver effective services to this growing population This volume presents the first collection of reports on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the transgender community worldwide. It includes a thorough description of the unique HIV risks of transgender people and exposes their largely neglected health and social service needs. This unique book also reports on the first generation of prevention interventions targeting this community, discusses guidelines for providing sex reassignment services to HIV-positive transsexuals, and encourages collaboration between communities at risk, researchers, and...

Provides comprehensive treatment approaches for a wide spectrum of presentations of gender dysphoria, the condition of being ill at ease with one's gender. This text stresses the need for evaluating and treating the disorder in the context of the client's overall physical and mental health.

Most studies on masturbation haven't strayed far beyond asking about the frequency of the act and whether the subject felt guilt. Bockting and Coleman (both of the Program in Human Sexuality, U. of Minnesota Medical School) present seven papers that go beyond that basic question, exploring such topi

Deliver effective services to this growing population

This volume presents the first collection of reports on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the transgender community worldwide. It includes a thorough description of the unique HIV risks of transgender people and exposes their largely neglected health and social service needs. This unique book also reports on the first generation of prevention interventions targeting this community, discusses guidelines for providing sex reassignment services to HIV-positive transsexuals, and encourages collaboration between communities at risk,...