The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Aug;24(8):501-13. doi: 10.1089/apc.2010.0059.
The sexual health of transmen--individuals born or assigned female at birth and who identify as male--remains understudied. Given the increasing rates of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among gay and bisexual men in the United States, understanding the sexual practices of transmen who have sex with men (TMSM) may be particularly important to promote sexual health or develop focused HIV prevention interventions. Between May and September 2009, 16 transmen who reported sexual behavior with nontransgender men completed a qualitative interview and a brief interviewer-administered survey. Interviews were conducted until redundancy in responses was achieved. Participants (mean age, 32.5, standard deviation [SD] = 11.1; 87.5% white; 75.0% "queer") perceived themselves at moderately high risk for HIV and STDs, although 43.8% reported unprotected sex with an unknown HIV serostatus nontransgender male partner in the past 12 months. The majority (62.5%) had used the Internet to meet sexual partners and "hook-up" with an anonymous nontransgender male sex partner in the past year. A lifetime STD history was reported by 37.5%; 25.0% had not been tested for HIV in the prior 2 years; 31.1% had not received gynecological care (including STD screening) in the prior 12 months. Integrating sexual health information "by and for" transgender men into other healthcare services, involving peer support, addressing mood and psychological wellbeing such as depression and anxiety, Internet-delivered information for transmen and their sexual partners, and training for health care providers were seen as important aspects of HIV and STD prevention intervention design and delivery for this population. "Embodied scripting" is proposed as a theoretical framework to understand sexual health among transgender populations and examining transgender sexual health from a life course perspective is suggested.
跨性别男性(出生或被指定为女性,认同为男性的个体)的性健康仍未得到充分研究。鉴于美国男同性恋和双性恋男性中的艾滋病毒和性传播疾病(性病)发病率不断上升,了解与非跨性别男性发生性行为的跨性别男性(跨性别男性与男性发生性行为者,TMSM)的性行为实践可能对于促进性健康或制定有针对性的艾滋病毒预防干预措施尤为重要。在 2009 年 5 月至 9 月期间,16 名报告与非跨性别男性发生性行为的跨性别男性完成了定性访谈和简短的访谈者管理调查。访谈一直进行到回复达到冗余为止。参与者(平均年龄 32.5 岁,标准差[SD]=11.1;87.5%为白人;75.0%为“酷儿”)认为自己感染艾滋病毒和性病的风险处于中等偏高水平,尽管 43.8%的人报告在过去 12 个月内与一名艾滋病毒血清学未知的非跨性别男性伴侣发生过无保护性行为。大多数(62.5%)人曾使用互联网与性伴侣约会,并在过去一年中与匿名的非跨性别男性性伴侣“约炮”。37.5%人报告有终身性病史;25.0%的人在过去 2 年内没有接受过艾滋病毒检测;31.1%的人在过去 12 个月内没有接受过妇科保健(包括性病筛查)。将针对跨性别男性的性健康信息“由跨性别男性提供并提供给跨性别男性”纳入其他医疗保健服务中,引入同伴支持,解决抑郁和焦虑等情绪和心理健康问题,为跨性别男性及其性伴侣提供网络信息,并对医疗保健提供者进行培训,被视为为这一人群设计和提供艾滋病毒和性病预防干预措施的重要方面。建议将“具身脚本”作为一个理论框架来理解跨性别群体的性健康,并从生命历程的角度来研究跨性别者的性健康。