From toads to queens : transvestism in a Latin American setting /
From this book, you will gain a comprehensive analysis of Latin transvestites, how this population questions assumptions about sexual orientation and practice, and how they are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Most importantly, From Toads to Queens documents the lives of individuals and subverts t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harrington Park Press,
©1999.
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| Series: | Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description |
| Summary: | From this book, you will gain a comprehensive analysis of Latin transvestites, how this population questions assumptions about sexual orientation and practice, and how they are affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Most importantly, From Toads to Queens documents the lives of individuals and subverts the simplistic division of people into traditional psychiatric categories, a crucial first step in devising ways to decrease the rates of HIV infection among specific populations. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 156 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1560239581 9781560239581 0789006499 9780789006493 |