Transgender Sex Workers and Sexual Transmigration between Guadalajara and San Francisco

Transgender Sex Workers and Sexual Transmigration between Guadalajara and San Francisco

Detailed study of microcommunities of transgender sex workers in Guadalajara and San Francisco reveals a close relationship between migratory motives, economic aspirations, and sexuality. The resonance of both cities as "gay meccas" in their respective nation-states provides a background f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Latin American perspectives 2008-01, Vol.35 (1), p.31-50
Hauptverfasser: Howe, Cymene, Zaraysky, Susanna, Lorentzen, Lois
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Brothels
California
Cities
Economic migration
Gay communities
Gender identity
Gender studies
LGBT
Male homosexuality
Men
Mexico
Migration
Queer culture
Sex industry
Sex workers
Sexes
Sexual behaviour
Sexuality
Sexualization
Tolerance
Transgender persons
Transgenderism
Transsexuality
U.S.A
Workplaces
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Zusammenfassung:Detailed study of microcommunities of transgender sex workers in Guadalajara and San Francisco reveals a close relationship between migratory motives, economic aspirations, and sexuality. The resonance of both cities as "gay meccas" in their respective nation-states provides a background for the operation of these imagined sites of tolerance in transgender sex workers' lives. Migration is gendered and sexualized, and, despite infrastructural support in San Francisco, these workers find more holistic support "at home."
ISSN:0094-582X
1552-678X
DOI:10.1177/0094582X07310956