How doctors in Texas are trying to protect transgender patients from a persistent threat: HIV - News Summed Up

How doctors in Texas are trying to protect transgender patients from a persistent threat: HIV


When the Kind Clinic began offering free or low-cost hormone therapy for transgender people in March, word spread quickly here. Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times Dr. Cynthia Brinson, medical director at the Kind Clinic, consults with a transgender patient, Peter Haley. Dr. Cynthia Brinson, medical director at the Kind Clinic, consults with a transgender patient, Peter Haley. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)“Is that just available to anyone?” Peter Haley, a 27-year-old transgender patient, asked a Kind Clinic doctor when she told him about Truvada. Kelly Kline, one of the Kind Clinic's first transgender patients, takes a pill once a day to protect herself from HIV.


Source: Los Angeles Times June 21, 2017 12:07 UTC



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