Voicing Vulnerable Bodies Living on the Edges : The Autoethnography of a Transnational Mariposa /
Panama has been considered one of the most developed countries in Latin America. With high skylines and a modern metro system, this Central American country hides a true reality when we explore it in a deeper level. Like many other marginalized groups, LGBT communities in Panama have been invisible...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
Series:
Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Queer Studies in Education ;
3.
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Call Number: LA227.3
- About the Author
- 1 Living on the Edges in Panama
- 1 Origins
- 2 Method
- 3 Summary
- 4 Overview of the Chapters
- 2 Being Born Different
- 1 Childhood
- 2 School Bullying
- 3 Acceptance
- 3 Having (Lack of) Support
- 1 Parents
- 2 Leaving Home
- 3 Mental Health Issues
- 4 Unpacking Homophobia
- 1 Internalized
- 2 Externalized
- 3 Social Media
- 5 Facing Social Challenges
- 1 Families, Friends, and Jobs
- 2 Self-Discrimination
- 3 Double Standards
- 4 Church and Politics
- 5 HIV/AIDS
- 6 Hate Crimes
- 6 What about Trans Women?
- 1 The Girl Inside
- 2 Out of the Closet
- 3 Support and Rejection
- 4 Being Transvestite and Transsexual
- 5 We Are Trans Women
- 7 A Hopeful Transnational Mariposa
- 1 Vulnerable Bodies
- 2 Gay Men Stereotypes
- 3 Trans Women s Journey
- 4 Maric n Phobia
- 5 LGBT Rights Are Human Rights
- Appendix A: Notes on Methods
- 1 From Colonialism to 21st Century Homosexuality in Panama: A Literature Review
- 2 U.S. Imperialism
- 3 Militarism
- 4 21st Century
- 5 Methodology
- 6 Autoethnography
- 7 Ethical Concerns
- References.