Shanghai, Dalian, Kunming, Chengdu, Shenyang and Tianjin, all provincial capitals or
large cities in China. Four of these interviews were conducted face to face, the rest
were carried out over the telephone. Most of the organizations focus on MSM and are
principally engaged in HIV-related health interventions. As is the global trend, although
transgender individuals including transgender sex workers, are part of their beneficiary
targets, none of the groups have funding specifically for standalone transgender
projects, and only one has transgender specific programming.
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