‘They Kill Us Trans Women’: Migration, informal labour, and sex work among trans Venezuelan asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Brazil during COVID-19

Yvonne Su; Tyler Valiquette

doi:10.14197/atr.201222198

‘They Kill Us Trans Women’: Migration, informal labour, and sex work among trans Venezuelan asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Brazil during COVID-19

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Yvonne Su
Tyler Valiquette

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https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222198

Abstract

This short article contributes to the growing scholarship on the complex ways sexual orientation and gender identity impact people’s experiences of migration, informal labour, and sex work. Drawing on surveys and interviews with twelve trans Venezuelan asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Brazil and six key informant interviews with sex workers, trans activists, and humanitarian and NGO staff, this short article asks: How has COVID-19 affected the livelihoods of trans Venezuelan asylum seekers and undocumented migrants?

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Yvonne Su

Yvonne Su is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Her research expertise is on forced migration, queer migration and poverty, and inequality. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Guelph and a Master’s from the University of Oxford.

Tyler Valiquette

Tyler Valiquette is a researcher at the University of Brasilia and the York University Global South Migration Lab in Canada. He is an expert on LGBTQI+ rights in Brazil. He has a Master’s in Political Science from the University of Guelph.

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27-09-2022

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Su, Y., & Valiquette, T. (2022). ‘They Kill Us Trans Women’: Migration, informal labour, and sex work among trans Venezuelan asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Brazil during COVID-19. Anti-Trafficking Review, (19), 119–124. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222198

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No. 19 (2022): Special Issue – Migration, Sexuality, and Gender Identity

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