Gender Affirming Care

Ensuring that transgender people with HIV have access to care, treatment and support services that improve their health and decrease risk of morbidity and mortality related to HIV is a priority for the Health Resources Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). Of the more than half a million people served by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) 2.1 percent, approximately 11,600, are transgender.1 Providing gender-affirming care is an important strategy to effectively address the health and medical needs of transgender people with HIV. HRSA HAB strongly encourages RWHAP service providers to harness and mobilize the existing RWHAP infrastructure and services to support gender-affirming services within allowable RWHAP parameters.