Factors Associated with Transgender-Based Discrimination Among and Transgender Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Purpose: Transgender-based discrimination is associated with poor mental health, unemployment, and poverty. and transgender women (trans women) frequently experience transgender-based discrimination, but associated factors are understudied. Our objective was to identify the factors associated with transgender-based discrimination among trans women from Brazil.

A Peer-Led Digital Intervention to Reduce HIV Prevention and Care Disparities Among Young Brazilian Transgender Women (The BeT Study): Protocol for an Intervention Study.

Background: The HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately burden marginalized populations despite the availability of effective preventive and therapeutic interventions. Transgender women are severely affected by HIV worldwide including in Brazil and other low- and middle-income countries, with evidence of increasing new infections among young people. There is an urgent need for youth-specific HIV prevention and care interventions for young transgender women in Brazil.