Na quebrada da pista: Precariedade da vida e trabalho sexual de transvestigêneres na cidade de Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

The Masters dissertation seeks to problematize the concepts of transvestite gender and precariousness of life, having as field and subjects, the transvestite sex workers in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG. From one of the work fronts of the UFJF LGBTQI+ Reference Center, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of transvestite sex workers was created, which demanded help in coping with this health context. It starts from the theoretical-conceptual contributions of Judith Butler and Lélia Gonzalez, analyzing, from the perspective of intersectionality, the markers of difference and oppression, such as gender, race, class, sexuality and territory in the context of prostitution and its meanings for these workers sexual relations in the world of work inserted in capitalist social relations. Methodologically, a literature review is used to deal with the concepts of transvestite gender and prostitution, as well as the use of fieldwork, with observation and semi-structured interviews with transvestite sex workers in the city of Juiz de Fora. These produced data were treated from the discourse analysis, as it was intended intended to understand the precariousness of life of these subjects and their bodies in track work, as well as to analyze the recognition of the battle in the street while working. The production of writing and data in writing is taken, with the implication of the researcher in selfwriting.