Husbands and clients:
the sexual bonds of South American travesties and transgender women who live in the AMBA
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https://doi.org/10.46661/ambigua.6474Keywords:
sexual bonds, migrations, travestis/trans, gender identity, Argentina, qualitative methods, prostitution, sociabilityAbstract
The article analyzes the different types of sexual-affective ties that South American transvestites/trans constitute after consolidating migration in the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area) during the years 2017-2019. These ties are established with clients and husbands both in the exercise of prostitution/sex work and in nightlife and affect the adaptation of migrants in the receiving society. Transvestites/trans move as a consequence of the various hostilities they experience in their countries of origin when they want to express their gender identities. By joining the AMBA, they try to access rights, improve their economic resources and establish sociability of different kinds, including sexual-affective ties with cisgender men. The focus of the article is qualitative and the method used was the Grounded Theory that allowed for the preparation of a theoretical sample that contained 44 in-depth interviews. In addition, participant observations were made in different spaces in which this population engages in prostitution/sex work and interacts for recreational purposes. The information was processed and analyzed using the constant comparison method, allowing the delineation of categories, properties and dimensions that were carried out with the support of the ATLAS.ti computer program. It was found that in the sexual-affective ties constituted by this population, affections and money overlap. In addition, they are fluid ties because clients can become dating ties or vice versa and in which a set of characteristics can be observed, namely: experimentation of sexuality, mutual accompaniment, possibilities of developing affections, gender violence and monetary exchanges.
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