Culturally Centering the Voices of Transgender Sex Workers in Singapore: Health, Materiality and Violence

The transgender sex worker experience of health in Singapore is multidimensional, working at the intersections of culture, social class, and gendered marginalization. Drawing on in-depth interviews with transgender sex workers in the context of Singapore's extreme neoliberalism and located with...

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Main Authors: Dutta, Mohan J, Mahtani, Raksha, Ho, Vanessa, Sherqueshaa, Sherry, Thomas, Sandhiya, Jalleh-Hosey, Angel Aurora, Pitaloka, Dyah, Zapata, Dazzelyn, Elers, Phoebe
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