Sex work within emerging Latino immigrant communities

A typology

Bibliographic Data

ID15098481
AuthorsSuzanne M Grieb (0000-0001-9971-4115, Johns Hopkins Medicine, corresponding author), Alejandra Flores-Miller (0000-0002-8096-7136, Johns Hopkins Medicine), Susan G Sherman (0000-0001-8399-7544, Johns Hopkins University), Kathleen R Page (0000-0002-6859-1973, Johns Hopkins University)
Year2022
Volume24
Issue3
Pages374-390
Publication date2022-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2020.1847324
PMID33252308
OpenAlexW3109623780
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

Little is known about the organisation and types of sex work emerging urban Latino immigrant communities. To develop a typology of the local sex work industry, we conducted 39 in-depth interviews with foreign-born and US-born Latina female sex workers, Latino immigrant clients, and key informants such as bartenders and brothel managers in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Interview transcripts were coded through an iterative process, and descriptions of sex work were grouped into types. Three types of direct sex work (the street, houses that operate as brothels, and weekend brothels operating out of hotels), three types of indirect sex work (bar workers, opportunistic, and as-needed), and one type that could be either direct or indirect (individual arrangements) were identified. Understanding the local sex industry and its variability has implications for developing and implementing programmes and interventions tailored to the context of sex work type in order to reduce HIV transmission

Geography · Immigration · Psychological intervention · Sex work · Sociology · Typology · Engineering · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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