The Center of Excellence is in Transition
After two years of work focused on HIV prevention in California, the Center of Excellence is expanding the scope of breadth of our work. We are now the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE). Our expanded mission builds on our strengths in capacity building, formative research, training, and community mobilization. Please watch this site for more details about our work and about health and wellness for all transgender people.
Publications
- Assessing Progress, Advancing Excellence: Serving Transgender People in California Examines current issues in HIV prevention among transgender people and describes common barriers and facilitators to successful program implementation and management, outlines services that are still needed, identifies which subgroups of transgender people are not being served, generates recommendations to inform the allocation of resources, and summarizes best practices for transgender HIV prevention. (PDF, 463KB)
- Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People in HIV Prevention, Care and Services Data collection recommendations to obtain accurate information which both validates a person's present gender identity and also gives an understanding of their history. Check out our Two-Page Summary. (PDF, 110KB)
- What are Male-to-Female Transgender Persons' (MtF) HIV Prevention Needs? Keatley J, Bockting W. Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, September 2008.
- Inventory of Transgender HIV Prevention Programs in California Trans-specific programs are centered in the state's major metropolitan areas.
- Eight Best Practices for HIV Prevention among Trans People Poster and fact sheet prepared by the CoE. (PDF, 1.3MB)
Research
- Sex Work in Mexico: Vulnerability of Male, Travesti, Transgender and Transsexual Sex Workers Infante C, Sosa-Rubi SG, Cuadra SM. Cult Health Sex. 2009 Jan;12:1-12.
- Estimating HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors of Transgender Persons in the United States: A Systematic Review Herbst JH, Jacobs ED, Finlayson TJ, et al. AIDS Behav. 2008 Jan;12(1):1-17.
- HIV-Related Needs for Safety among Male-to-Female Transsexuals (Mak Nyah) in Malaysia Koon Teh Y. Sahara J. 2008 Dec;5(4):178-85.
- Browse the Library for more publications
Events
- Who You Callin? Queer?
An Interactive Art Exhibit on Gender and Nonviolence, opening reception on Wed, February 3rd, 6-9pm.
February 1-March 6, 2010
12:00 - 6:00pm - The Center for Sex and Gender Research at California State University Northridge Spring 2010 Colloquium Series
Faculty will present work in progress on several different aspects of sex, gender, and sexuality:- Narratives of Transgender Latina Immigrants in Los Angeles: Understanding the Social Environment and Service Needs of the Community
Yarma Velasquez Vargas, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies
Friday, February 19, 2010
1:00 - 3:00pm
Sierra Hall 451 (Whitsett Room), Cal State Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330 - Listening to the Narratives of Pre-Stonewall Gay Women
Marie Cartier, Lecturer in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies
Friday, March 19, 2010
1:00 - 3:00pm Sierra Hall 451 (Whitsett Room), Cal State Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330 - Defying Gender Stereotypes and Racial Norms: Naming African-American Women's Realities in Hip Hop and Neo-Soul Music
R. Dianne Bartlow, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies
Friday, April 16, 2010
1:00 - 3:00pm Location TBA, Cal State Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
- Narratives of Transgender Latina Immigrants in Los Angeles: Understanding the Social Environment and Service Needs of the Community
Yarma Velasquez Vargas, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies
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In The News
- With Real ID, Privacy Concerns for the Transgender Community The level of data collection mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it mandates unprecedented levels of data collection and an equally unprecedented level of nationwide access to that data (EPIC, 2007, 14). Student Pulse, February 01, 2010.
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities An Institute of Medicine committee will conduct a review and prepare a report assessing the state of the science on the health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations; identify research gaps and opportunities related to LGBT health; and outline a research agenda that will assist NIH in enhancing its research efforts in this area. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, January 25, 2010.
- Administration Adds Gender Identity to Equal Employment Opportunity Policies Beginning in 2010, the Obama administration, through the Office of Personnel Management, has started to list gender identity among the classes protected by federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies. Echelon, January 06, 2010.
- Remembering Mariah Qualls Friends of Mariah Qualls spoke about the struggles of being transgender and how Mariah was overcoming those struggles until her life was tragically cut short. New America Media, December 29, 2009
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