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[–]jet199 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

In some US cities 50% of the transwomen have HIV because they do sex work (for fetish reasons not poverty). They have higher rates than gays.

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I think that's specifically for prostitutes. The overall rate is about 16% vs. about 18% for homosexually-active men.

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42% is a good bit less than 50%. Still, it's in line with the rate for black gay men, which is also about 1 in 2. https://www.hiv.gov/blog/half-of-black-gay-men-and-a-quarter-of-latino-gay-men-projected-to-be-diagnosed-within-their-lifetime

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In some US cities 50% of the transwomen have HIV

What I actually said.

What the link says.

HIV prevalence by city was 58% in Atlanta, 33% in Los Angeles, 45% in New Orleans, 52% in New York City, 51% in Philadelphia, 41% in San Francisco and 21% in Seattle.

Stop being annoying