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All eligible participant responses from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys (repeated, community-based, cross-sectional surveys) in 2019\u20132023 were included. Multivariable multinomial logistic regression was used to compare the groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The survey included 41,883 survey responses (2.3% from transgender men and 2.7% from non-binary people). Compared with cisgender men, transgender men and non-binary people were younger, more likely to identify as bisexual or queer (than gay), and less likely to have a university degree or to be employed full-time. Transgender men were more likely to have never tested for HIV (31.8% vs 9.0%) and to not be using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP; 74.2% vs 56.6%) compared to cisgender men. Non-binary people were more likely than cisgender men to have never tested for HIV (19.9% vs 9.0%), as likely as cisgender men to have tested in the past year (60.0% vs 63.9%), and similarly likely to be on PrEP (23.9% vs 30.8%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Encouraging HIV testing and PrEP uptake among transgender men and non-binary people could help improve HIV prevention coverage in these population groups. Free or low-cost services that are gender inclusive may be particularly important for gender diverse people on lower incomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh25213","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T00:01:16Z","timestamp":1783900876000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Assessing the HIV prevention needs of transgender men and non-binary people who have sex with men: an analysis of repeated, cross-sectional behavioural surveillance, 2019\u20132023"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Akhila","family":"Bandlora","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ACentre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9581-1011","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Curtis","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BThe Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0005-9542","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Anthony K. 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