From toads to queens : transvestism in a Latin American setting /: transvestism in a Latin American setting. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacobo Schifter.
• Authors: Schifter, Jacobo
• Contents: ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Expulsion from Eden Fernando Early Awareness Chapter 2. From Toads into Queens Creating the Magic Choosing a Gender Expressing Separate Personalities Feeling Like a Princess Chapter 3. The Neighbors The Libano The Paqueteo (ital) Revolution Chapter 4. The Battle for Clinica Biblica The District The Transvestites The Colorientos (ital) Johns and Neighbors The Association The Governor The Public Ombudsman The Police The Constitutional Court Chapter 5. Priscilla and Prevention Lack of Support Among Transvestites Internal Divisions Lack of Support from Lovers Homophobia and AIDS Off to Miami? Chapter 6: The Business of Prostitution Discrimination at Work Transvestites’ Incomes Reasons for Transvestites’ Success Chapter 7. Drugs Crack Is King Basuko (ital) Sex and Drugs Chapter 8. Top-Man, Bottom-Man A Sexual Encounter Transvestites Are Not Passive Partners Love and Condoms Don’t Mix Unsafe Sex Remains a Problem Chapter 9: The Lovers of Libano Who Are They? Heterosexual and Homosexual Activity In the Transvestites’ World, the Penis Does Not Make the Man Self-Definition As Cachero (ital) Partners’ Knowledge of AIDS Chapter 10. The Sky Is the Limit The Basketball Player Inconsistent Condom Use Taxi! Taxi! Yet Another Combination Not Even Lesbians Escape Conclusion Is Transvestism Revolutionary? A Transvestite President Notes Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.77; Cross-dressing -- Latin America; Cross-dressers -- Sexual behavior -- Latin America; Gay men -- Sexual behavior -- Latin America; Male prostitution -- Latin America; Safe sex in AIDS prevention -- Latin America
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136783791
• Related ISBNs: 9781136783777; 9781136783807; 9781136783746; 9780203825037
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