1st Edition
From Toads to Queens Transvestism in a Latin American Setting
By John Dececco, Phd
Copyright 1999
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The information in From Toads to Queens: Transvestism in a Latin American Setting (a 2000 Lammy Nominee) is crucial to understanding Latin American culture and its relation to HIV prevention. You’ll find research findings that offer insights into and analysis of the sexual culture and risk factors that place transvestites in the sex trade and their customers at risk of contracting HIV. This... Read more
Contents
Foreword
- 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
Biography
Jacobo Schifter, PhD
