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Introduction

The trouble with ‘Categories’: Rethinking men who have sex with men, transgender and their equivalents in HIV prevention and health promotion

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Pages 819-823 | Received 28 Apr 2016, Accepted 28 Apr 2016, Published online: 18 May 2016

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