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El artículo describe las fases previas a la migración (desplazamientos internos y externos) de las personas travestis/trans sudamericanas que residen en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA). Mediante un enfoque cualitativo y un muestreo teórico de 44 casos, se halló que las entrevistadas experimentan diferentes hostilidades hacia sus identidades de género, por lo que deben abandonar sus entornos y alejarse de las familias antes de concretar la migración al AMBA.

The article analyzes the migratory chains that constitute South American transvestites and trans women who reside in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area during the period 2017-2019, paying special attention to the role of godmothers. The migratory projects of these people are produced becauseof the hostility and vulnerability they experience in their surroundings and have different instances. One of them is the migratory chains that refer to the social capital necessary to be able to leave the sending society and settle in the receiving society. In this way, South American transvestites/trans women constitute diverse migratory chains that can be characterized as horizontal and vertical, being the godmothers key actors in their diasporas. The focus of the article is qualitative and the method used is grounded theory. According to a theoretical sample consisting of 41 interviews, the information was analyzed usingAtlas.Ti.