In this episode of Going anti-Viral, Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr Tonia Poteat, a professor in the Duke University School of Nursing and co-director of the Duke SGM Wellness Program. Dr Poteat joins Dr Saag to provide an overview of a Themed Discussion session that she is leading at CROI 2025 entitled Meeting the Treatment and Prevention Needs of Transgender Women. Dr Poteat and Dr Saag address the 3 most common challenges faced in the care of transgender persons: uninformed clinicians, societal discrimination, and efforts by governments to limit the rights of transgender persons. They discuss efforts to educate clinicians and summarize the resources that are available to provide care to transgender persons facing stigma and discrimination. They also discuss efforts to take legal action against discriminatory policies. Finally, Dr Poteat and Dr Saag look ahead to the next five years of transgender care and provide advice to all involved in the care of transgender persons during a challenging time. 

0:00 – Introduction

1:26 – Overview of Dr Poteat’s background and research interests

3:42 – Most common challenges encountered by transgender women

4:59 – Educating clinicians about care for transgender women

9:46 – Resources for clinicians to learn about managing stigma and discrimination

11:24 – Efforts by governments to limit transgender care

16:14 – Overview of the Themed Discussion session at CROI 2025

19:07 – Looking ahead to the next five years in transgender care

Resources: 

• CROI 2025: https://www.croiconference.org/
• IAS-USA webinar: Gender-Affirming Hormone Care for People With HIV: https://www.iasusa.org/events/webinar-2024-poteat/
• AIDS Education and Training Center: https://aidsetc.org/  
• World Professional Association for Transgender Health: https://wpath.org/  
• Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/ 
• Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 

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Produced by IAS-USA, Going anti–Viral is a podcast for clinicians involved in research and care in HIV, its complications, and other viral infections. This podcast is intended as a technical source of information for specialists in this field, but anyone listening will enjoy learning more about the state of modern medicine around viral infections.

Going anti-Viral’s host is Dr Michael Saag, a physician, prominent HIV researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and volunteer IAS–USA board member. In most episodes, Dr Saag interviews an expert in infectious diseases or emerging pandemics about their area of specialty and current developments in the field. Other episodes are drawn from the IAS–USA vast catalogue of panel discussions, Dialogues, and other audio from various meetings and conferences.

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