Thursday, February 12, 2009
Where Are The Positive Black Brazilian Transwomen Role Models?
Posted by Monica Roberts at 9:55 PM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/02/where-are-positive-black-brazilian.htmlBrazil has a population of African descended people of about 100 million, which is the combined population of African descended people in the Caribbean, the US, Canada and Central America combined.
Based on Lynn Conway's 1/250 ratio of transgender births the estimated potential population of Black Brazilian transsexuals in Brazil is 400,000. But most of the transwomen that we've heard about who have garnered international attention from Brazil are people such as Roberta Close or recently Patricia Araujo, who just walked the runway at a Rio fashion show.
Unfortunately it seems as though the same pattern that we have of invisibility of Black transpeople in the United States has replicated itself in Brazil. Yeah, you see Black transpeople in Brazil, but unfortunately, just like what happened here in the States, they are disproportionately the subjects of adult websites.
