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This chapter details lessons learned from research with African, Caribbean and Black transgender women on the value of eliciting hope and self-acceptance in HIV research. A reflective conversation with Yasmeen Persad, study co-principal investigator and transgender community leader, illuminates the fatigue that socially excluded communities such as Black transgender women experience in encounters with researchers who have no connection with the communities they are studying and whose work overwhelmingly focuses on community deficits. Critical hope is necessary in political struggles for social justice and can be strengthened by self-compassion that fosters interconnectedness and care. Infusing hope, strengths, and self-compassion in research can facilitate researchers developing authentic connections with persons labelled hard to reach.
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The video series hosted by Yasmeen Persad on health needs and priorities of trans women of colour can be found on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH7_yna3dHYGCkLgJCBAKGw/videos) as well as the SSHINE Lab website: https://sshinelab.com.
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Logie, C. (2021). Critical Hope. In: Working with Excluded Populations in HIV. Social Aspects of HIV, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77048-8_4
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