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Transsexuals of Brazil

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	Valeria, Miss TransSex Contestant, August 2006.

	Sex Work Transvestites are often rejected by their families and migrate from their native towns and villages to Brazil's urban centers in search of acceptance and better economic prospects. Relative youth -- many migrate in their mid-teens -- contributes to a lack of career alternatives that leads many into sex work.

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social sciences >> Transsexuals of Brazil
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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