Does this mean the plumbing is still intact and in use?
The U.S. government spent $199,942 this fiscal year on a project to provide condoms, HIV tests and “use of safe transition-related healthcare services among Latina transgender women who have sex with men.”
“The United States has a large and rapidly growing Latino population,” the project overview states. “At the same time, Latinos and transgender persons in the US carry disproportionate HIV burden. Currently, no efficacious HIV prevention interventions exist for transgender persons who have sex with men.”
The project will enroll around 100 Latina transgenders in a program called Chicas Creando Acceso a la Salud (ChiCAS), which translates to Girls Creating Access to Health.
The organizers expect to see “increased self-reported use of condoms during sexual intercourse; (b) increased HIV testing; (c) increased use of PrEP; and (d) increased use of safe transition-related healthcare services (including medical care and mental health services).”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding the project, which started Sept. 30.