Bodies of desire: use of nonprescribed hormones among transgender women and travestis in five Brazilian capitals (2019–2021)
Katia Cristina Bassichetto,
Thiago Félix Pinheiro,
Claudia Barros
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To analyze the experiences of transgender women and travestis regarding the use of hormones for body changes without a medical prescription. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study, using data from “TransOdara”, which estimated the prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in transgender women and travestis recruited through Respondent-Driven Sampling, between December 2019 and July 2021, in São Paulo, Campo Grande, Manaus, Porto Alegre, and Salvador, Brazil. The … Show more
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