Latino men who have sex with transgender women

The influence of heteronormativity, homonegativity and transphobia on gender and sexual scripts

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15098741
AutoresMiguel Muñoz‐laboy (0000-0003-1259-5382, Temple University, autor correspondente), Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Nicolette Severson (University of California, Berkeley), E C Levine (0000-0002-9872-2989, Temple University), Ethan Levine (0009-0004-9292-889X, Temple University), Omar Martinez (0000-0002-5116-5038, Temple University)
Ano2017
Volume19
Fascículo9
Páginas964-978
Data de publicação2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2016.1276967
PMID28276924
OpenAlexW2588074511
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas54

Latino men who have sex with transgender women make up an overlooked sector of the population that requires more attention than is currently given in sexuality and gender studies, particularly in regard to their non-commercial, long-term sexual and romantic relationships with transgender women. Sixty-one sexual histories were selected for this qualitative analysis from a larger study on Latino male bisexuality in the New York City metropolitan area. Findings suggest that participants' sexual and gender scripts with transgender women are strongly regulated by heteronormativity. Furthermore, homonegativity and transphobia often intersect in the lived experiences of men who have sex with transgender women, resulting in relationship conflicts over the control of transgender women's bodies, sexual behaviours and gender performance both in public and in private. Findings also suggest that low relationship conflict is more common among men who have sex with transgender women who exhibit diverse sexual roles (being both insertive and receptive during anal sex), or transgress heteronormative scripts through dialogue of desires and/or by embracing transgender women as human beings and not as hyperfeminised objects of desire. Stigma reduction and alternatives to heteronormative interventions are needed to improve relationship dynamics and potentially positively impact on the sexual health and overall wellbeing of Latino men who have sex with transgender women and their transgender partners

Heteronormativity · Human sexuality · Men who have sex with men · Sociology · Syphilis · Transgender · Transgender women · Transphobia · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology