{"product_id":"from-toads-to-queens","title":"From Toads to Queens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 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:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e sexual practices \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e pay rates in the sex trade \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e types of lovers and sexual partners \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e locations of “work” \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e conceptions of fashion and beauty among transvestites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e relations between transvestites, the police, and gay bashers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e clients who are heterosexual men \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 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 individuals’existence 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242021343576,"sku":"9780789006493","price":117.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789006493.jpg?v=1777639517","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/from-toads-to-queens","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}