• DOI:10.1007/s10508-010-9702-4
Corpus ID: 14730442

Issues Concerning the Informality and Outdoor Sex Work Performed by Travestis in São Paulo, Brazil

@article{Garcia2011IssuesCT,
  title={Issues Concerning the Informality and Outdoor Sex Work Performed by Travestis in S{\~a}o Paulo, Brazil},
  author={Marcos R V Garcia and Yvette Piha Lehman},
  journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  year={2011},
  volume={40},
  pages={1211-1221}
}

Marcos R V Garcia, Yvette Piha Lehman

Published 2011

Sociology, Medicine

Archives of Sexual Behavior

The objective of this article was to discuss a series of issues pertaining to outdoor sex work practiced by low-income travestis in São Paulo, Brazil. Qualitative methods conducted among this segment of the population revealed sex work as almost inseparable from the existence of travestis as a social group. Among them, the outdoor modality was the most prominent and social stigma was a predisposing factor for their entrance (and permanence) in sex work. The results showed that some of the… CONTINUE READING

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