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Title: Transsexuals of Brazil
Post by: Suzy on June 20, 2007, 11:33:11 AM
Post by: Suzy on June 20, 2007, 11:33:11 AM
Gender and Life's Path (http://rebeccaaugephd.blogspot.com/2007/06/transsexuals-of-brazil.html)
Transgender people in Brazil are the country's single most marginalized group. Fear, ignorance, and hypocrisy lead to discrimination and lack of education, which in turn render transgender people--more specifically, people who were born male but present themselves as female--subject to violence, social exclusion, drug abuse, crime, prostitution, exploitation, and severe health risks, each of which results in further discrimination.
Transgender people in Brazil are the country's single most marginalized group. Fear, ignorance, and hypocrisy lead to discrimination and lack of education, which in turn render transgender people--more specifically, people who were born male but present themselves as female--subject to violence, social exclusion, drug abuse, crime, prostitution, exploitation, and severe health risks, each of which results in further discrimination.