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Contemporary Travesti Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

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Giuseppe Campuzano presents issues of identity considered important by many travestis. He places travesti issues in a ‘development’ framework discussing the difficulties of the contemporary situation of travestis in Peru.

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Campuzano, G. Contemporary Travesti Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Latin America. Development 52, 75–83 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2008.90

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