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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. Youll 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 information could prove valuable to developing preventions and interventions for similar populations in countries all over the world.In From Toads to Queens, transvestites in the sex trade and their customers share fascinating personal accounts from their daily lives, including details of their sexual encounters. Specifically you will gain insight into:

  • sexual practices
  • pay rates in the sex trade
  • types of lovers and sexual partners
  • locations of work
  • conceptions of fashion and beauty among transvestites
  • relations between transvestites, the police, and gay bashers
  • clients who are heterosexual men
  • drug consumption and unsafe sexFrom 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 boundry-crossing individualsexistence 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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Jacobo Schifter, PhD
From Toads to Queens
Transvestism in a Latin American Setting
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Pre-publication REVIEW
I have read with great plea- M. sure Jacobo Sehifters From Toads to Queens. Using his sharp observation skills as a social researcher, Dr. Schifter has conducted a thorough investigation of a thus-far neglected population. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the author offers both broad and in-depth perspectives on his subject matter. Dr. Schifter succeeds in presenting a vivid and compelling picture of the hard lives of transvestites in Latin America/
Alex Carballo-Diguez, PhD
Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New york State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY
NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY USERS
This is an original book title published by The Haworth Press, Inc. Unless otherwise noted in specific chapters with attribution, materials in this book have not been previously published elsewhere in any format or language.
CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES
All books published by The Haworth Press, Inc. and its imprints arc printed on certified pH neutral, acid free book grade paper. This paper meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Material, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
From Toads to Queens
Transvestism in a Latin American Setting
HAWORTH Gay & Lesbian Studies
John P. De Cecco, PhD
Editor in Chief
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Love and Anger: Essays on AIDS, Activism, and Politics by Peter F. Cohen
Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures by Eric Rofes
Lilas House: Male Prostitution in Latin America by Jacobo Schifter A Consumers Guide to Male Hustlers by Joseph Itiel
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Longtime Companions: Autobiographies of Gay Male Fidelity by Alfred Lees and Ronald Nelson
From Toads to Queens: Transvestism in a Latin American Setting by Jacobo Schifter
The Construction of Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men by Lynn Pardie and Tracy Luchetta
Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life by Karol L. Jensen
First published 1999 by The Haworth Press, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schifter, Jacobo.
[De ranas a princesas. English]
From toads to queens : transvestism in a Latin American setting/Jacobo Schifter.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7890-0649-9 (alk. paper)
1. TransvestismCosta RicaSan Jose. I. Title.
HQ77.2.C8S3513 1999
306.77DC21 98-46116
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-7890-0649-3 (hbk)
CONTENTS
Gail Hawkes
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Expulsion from Eden
Fernando
Early Awareness
Chapter 2. From Toads to Queens
Creating the Magic
Choosing a Gender
Expressing Separate Personalities
Feeling Like a Princess
Chapter 3. The Neighbors
The Libano
The Paqueleo Revolution
Chapter 4. The Battle for Clinica Biblica
The District
The Transvestites
The Colorienlos
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
Sex and Drugs
Chapter 8. Top-Man, Bottom-Man
A Sexual Encounter
Transvestites Are Not Passive Partners
Love and Condoms Dont 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
Partners Knowledge of AIDS
Chapter 10. The Sky Is the Limit
The Basketball Player
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