Abstract Mariela Muñoz became the first transsexual widely socially recognized as a mother in Argentina. She emerged leading figure during her struggle to recover legal custody of three children, which had been previously annulled by judge. Moreover, 1997 she woman state. This text analyzes making Muñoz's motherhood repertoires redefine political, social, and intimate citizenship. It argues tha...

Mexican migration to the United States has been attributed to the poverty and economic polarization in Mexico. Although the dismantling of the peasant economy persists as a factor in demographic displacement, there have been recent changes in the causes that provoke the migration of Mexicans. Family violence, for example, appears as an important motivator in pushing women into the migratory flo...

Recent reports have addressed the sexual health of female-to-male transgender or transsexual people who are gay, bisexual, and/or have sex with men (trans GB-MSM) using urban convenience samples. The Trans PULSE Project conducted a multimode, respondent-driven sampling survey in Ontario, Canada, in 2009-2010. Weighted estimates were calculated for trans GB-MSM (n = 173) for sexual orientation, ...