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Transsexuals of Brazil

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	Dartilly, November 2006.

	Health Issues The combined effects of discrimination, humiliation, lack of education, and isolation from mainstream society place immense emotional strains on Brazil's transgender people, especially those who earn their living as sex workers. They tend to live for the present, in the belief that their beauty will not last long and in the knowledge that prospects for a decent life beyond 30 are extremely limited. The risk of falling into cynicism and despair is enormous as is the pressure to seek relief in drug abuse and subseqent addiction. Those who escape these pitfalls exhibit remarkable courage and strength of character.

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Transgender people--more specifically, people who were born male but present themselves as female--are Brazil's single most marginalized group.

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