El Salvador: Transvestites get help to fight AIDS
A revolutionary model for international aid helps El Salvador's transvestites battle AIDS.
By William Dowell - GlobalPost
Published: August 18, 2010 07:05 ET in The Americas
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/americas/100813/development-el-salvador-AIDS-transsexualsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Carla, in her late 40s, is a big-boned woman who feels trapped in her male body. In the deeply homophobic culture of El Salvador, the confusion over her sexual identity nearly got her killed.
It takes courage to be gay in Latin America, and especially in El Salvador, where a sizeable portion of the country is controlled by gun-toting street gangs with a concept of masculinity that does not allow for much nuance.
