02-THE AMERICAS by Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS Sexualities Virtual Gallery: Eoghan (Brazil); Caoimhe D. (Colombia); Theresa (Dominican Republic); Delaine (Mexico); Johanna (Nicaragua). en-us 2021-02-03 20:33:56 UTC 2023-04-12 17:36:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/953324095/b27209635a85095120ccaa3021993c70/Screenshot_2021_02_06_at_16_20_25.png Gender in the Americas theresaschilling https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1376264818 We will be using the term trans* in our gallery to encompass the variety of gender identities and experiences of sex workers in the Americas who do not fit within colonial, binary views of gender.

Examples:
The Muxes of Mexico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlzhXBjmaUw
Güevedoces of Dominican Republic: https://vimeo.com/145344626]]> 2021-04-01 17:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1376264818 https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1405367216 2021-04-12 01:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1405367216 THE AMERICAS https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407110182 2021-04-12 13:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407110182 SEXUAL MIGRATION AND DISPLACEMENT https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407238564 2021-04-12 13:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407238564 HIV RISKS & PREVENTION https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407326161 Stats on HIV in Latin America (image 1)
Mexico, APROASE Trans* sex workers led HIV programme (image 2)
Brazil, HIV campaign #VamosCombinar (image 3)]]> 2021-04-12 13:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407326161 https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407357016 2021-04-12 13:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407357016 Bibliography https://padlet.com/ernestovasquezdelaguila/TheAmericasCS/wish/1407552900 Journal Articles

Amnesty International. 2019. If They Can Have Her, Why Can’t We: Gender-based Torture and Other Ill-Treatment of Women Engaged in Sex Work in the Dominican Republic Amnesty International.

Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Dominican Republic: Situation and treatment of sexual minorities by society and authorities, including legislation, recourse and state protection available (2011-June 2013), 12 July 2013, DOM104484.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a3f024.html [accessed 12 April 2021]

Corrales, Javier. "The Politics of LGBT Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: Research Agendas." European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea De Estudios Latinoamericanos Y Del Caribe, no. 100 (2015): 53-62. Accessed April 12, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43673537.

Gómez-Ramírez, Oralia. 2017. “‘We Are Trans Women’ : On-Street Sex Work and Transgender Politics in Mexico City.” https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0360783.

Gomes de Jesus, Jaqueline, C. Micha Belden, Hy V. Huynh, Monica Malta, Sara LeGrand, Venkata Gopala Krishna Kaza, and Kathryn Whetten. 2020. "Mental health and challenges of transgender women: A qualitative study in Brazil and India." International Journal of Transgender Health 21 (4): 418-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2020.1761923.

Howe, Cymene, Susanna Zaraysky, and Lorentzen. "Transgender Sex Workers and Sexual Migration between Guadalajara and San Francisco. Latin America Perspectives" 35,no. 1, 31-50. doi: 10.1177/0094582X07310956.

Infante, César, Sandra Sosa-Rubí, Silvia, and Silvia Cuadra. 2009. “Sex Work in Mexico: Vulnerability of Male, Travesti, Transgender and Transsexual Sex Workers.” Culture Health & Sexuality 11 (January): 125–37.

(Kerrigan, D., et al (2013) ‘The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers)

Milner, Adrienne N., Kristine R. Hearld, Nicole Abreau, Henna Budhwani, Rosa Mayra Rodriguez-Lauzurique, and Robert Paulino-Ramirez. 2019. "Sex work, social support, and stigma: Experiences of transgender women in the Dominican Republic." International Journal of Transgenderism 20 (4): 403-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2019.1596862.

(Szwarcwald, C et al (2018) ‘Factors associated with HIV infection among female sex workers in Brazil’ Medicine, Volume 97, Issue 1S, p S54–S61)

Vartabedian, Julieta. "Beauty That Matters: Brazilian "Travesti" Sex Workers Feeling Beautiful." Sociologus 66, no. 1 (2016): 73-96. Accessed April 12, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24755106

Websites
Avert, Global Information and Education of HIV and AIDS: https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/latin-america/overview#Key_affected_populations_in_Latin_Americ

US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, 'Making TRANS Stories Visible Through Art': https://do.usembassy.gov/making-trans-stories-visible-through-arts/

Latin America Bureau, 'Latin America: Violence and Abuse Against Transgender Women": https://lab.org.uk/latin-america-violence-and-abuse-against-transgender-women/

nswp: Global Network of Sex Work Projects: https://www.nswp.org/resource/hiv-and-sti-testing-and-treatment-policies

nswp: Global Network of Sex Work Projects: https://www.nswp.org/members/latin-america/aproase

Outright Action International: https://outrightinternational.org/content/interview-nairobi-castillo

News Articles
BBC News, The Extraordinary Case of the Guevodoces: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290981

GEN, 'For Transgender People in the Caribbean, Stigma and Discrimination can be Lethal': https://gen.medium.com/for-transgender-people-in-the-caribbean-stigma-and-discrimination-can-be-lethal-68bcb81b97f3

BBC News, 'Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico's transgender women': 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55796384

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2017/oct/08/a-transition-to-joy-and-freedom-trans-life-in-colombia-in-pictures

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/08/trans-women-in-colombia

NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/dangers-trans-women-latin-america-u-s-n621151

Youtube

Fighting for Survival Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fighting+for+survival+mexico

Luna,  Dominican Activist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUbJiOAZ13Y

Music
Rubén González - Siboney 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWhz0G4-Tg


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  • Social Stigma
  • Systemic Discrimination
  • Vulnerability to Violence
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