Brooke Sullivan: HIV In the Trans & GNC Community

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Brooke Sullivan talks about all of the misconceptions people have about her being trans and living with HIV. We also talk about why the trans community has been largely underserved in terms of HIV prevention and her work with the research team that's currently studying PrEP usage in the trans community. Brooke also talks about the loss of male privilege after she transitioned, dating while HIV positive, and a possible future cure for HIV/AIDS. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 Click here to donate to my AIDS Life/Cycle ride! I'll be cycling from San Francisco to Los Angeles this summer to raise money for the life-saving services of the LA LGBT Center and SF AIDS Foundation. You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Jeffrey Masters, and today on LGBTQ and A, I'm talking to Brooke Sullivan.
0:09.5	I think this is really cool and real discussion about what it means to be trans and HIV positive in 2018.
0:17.8	Brooke is also part of a study addressing prep usage in the trans and non-binary community which we talk about.
0:23.6	And then while we're on the subject, I should mention that this summer I'm going to be doing AIDS lifecycle,
0:28.6	where I'll be cycling the 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for the LA LGBT Center and SF AIDS Foundation.
0:36.6	The goal is to make AIDS a thing of the past.
0:40.3	If you are able to contribute or know someone who would like to,
0:43.9	I would absolutely love your support.
0:46.1	There are links in the show notes, but a direct link is
0:48.5	to fighthiv.org slash go to slash Jeff Masters 1.
0:53.2	And then as always, don't forget to check out our old home on AfterBuzz TV.
0:56.9	They are the number one plates for all your TV after show discussions.
1:00.6	All right, without further ado, here's Brooke.
1:08.6	You are a part of the team that is addressing prep usage in the trans and gender not conforming community?
1:14.6	Yeah, so basically I'm one of the outreach or community health promoters for these studies, and we have two different studies.
1:20.6	One is like a linkage study, so we link you to care.
1:23.6	So that could be trans services, but mainly it's being linked to prep or pre-exposed prophylactics.
1:28.4	And the other one is adherence.
1:29.8	So we're like trying to find out if I send you a text message, do you take your medication on time?
1:35.3	It's because if adherence happens, then you're probably not going to acquire HIV.
1:39.1	It's like a 99% assurance, which is great.
1:41.7	It surprised me that this is one of the first studies to directly address
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