![]() ![]() An analysis of transphobia must be complicated by exploring the diversity and fluidity of gender presentations, social location, and labour. Although trans victims of violence and homicide are most often sex workers, and trans people are disproportionately represented among those who sell sex, trans people remain largely invisibilized in sex work research in Canada. The findings demonstrate the need for shifts in sex work laws and culturally relevant antistigma programs and policies to address transphobia.Īmidst the recent amendments to federal legislation, Bill C-16, which seeks to protect transgender Canadians from discrimination, there is a need to contextualize the violence that the trans community experiences within factors other than transphobia. Three themes emerged that illustrated how social-structural contexts of transphobia and criminalization shaped violent experiences: (a) transphobic violence, (b) clients’ discovery of participants’ gender identity, and (c) negative police responses to experiences of violence. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 33 trans sex workers in Vancouver, Canada, between June 2012 and May 2013. Therefore, the objective of this study was to qualitatively examine how social-structural contexts shape trans sex workers’ experiences of violence. Research on trans sex workers has documented high incidents of violence however, investigations into the relationships between violence and social-structural contexts are limited. ![]() A growing body of international evidence suggests that sex workers face a disproportionate burden of violence, with significant variations across social, cultural, and economic contexts. ![]()
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