Transgender sex work and society

"This is the only book that systematically examines transgender sex work in the United States and globally. Bringing together perspectives from a rich range of disciplines and experiences, it is an invaluable resource on issues related to commercial sex in the transgender community and in the lives of trans sex workers, including mental health, substance use, relationship dynamics, encounters with the criminal justice system, and opportunities and challenges in the realm of public health. The volume covers trans sex workers' interactions with health, social service, and mental-health agencies, featuring more than forty contributors from across the globe. Synthesizing introductions by the editor help organize and put into context a vast and scattered research and empirical literature. The book is essential for researchers, health practitioners, and policy analysts in the areas of sex-work research, HIV/AIDS, and LGBTQ/gender studies."--Provided by publisher

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword, by Walter Bockting -- Introduction, by Toward a Better Understanding of Transgender Sex Work, by Larry A. Nuttbrock -- Section I. Empirical Descriptions and a Conceptual Formulation for Sex Work Among Transwomen in the United States -- 1. Qualitative Description of Sex Work among Transwomen in New York City, by Sel J. Hwahng -- 2. Quantitative Description of Sex Work among Transwomen in New York City, by Larry A. Nuttbrock -- 3. Why Are So Many Transwomen in the Sex Trade, and Why Are So Many of Them Ethnic Minorities?, by Larry A. Nuttbrock and Sel J. Hwahng -- Section II. Survival Sex Among Young Transgender Persons in the United States and the United Kingdom -- 4. Compound Harms: What the Literature Says about Survival Sex among Young Trans People in the United Kingdom and the United States, by Lorna C. Barton -- Section III. Personal Relationships and Health Risk Behavior -- 5. Relationship Dynamics and Health Risk Behavior among Transwomen and Their Cisgender Male Partners, by Tiffany R. Glynn and Don Operario -- Section IV. Mental Health and Substance Use Issues Among Transwomen in the Sex Trade -- 6. Mental Health and Transphobia among Transwomen Sex Workers: Application and Extension of Minority Stress Models, by Don Operario, Tiffany R. Glynn, and Tooru Nemoto -- 7. Sex Work and Major Depression among Transwomen in New York City: Mediating Effects of Gender Abuse and Substance Use, by Larry A. Nuttbrock -- 8. Substance Use among Transgender Sex Workers, by Beth R. Hoffman -- Section V. HIV Among Transwomen in the Sex Trade -- 9. the Prevalence of HIV among Transwomen Sex Workers: A Review of Current Literature, by Ayden I. Scheim, Laura Winters, Zack Marshall, Daze Jefferies, and Stefan D. Baral