Transsexual Entertainers of Mexican Origin: a Collective Case Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Originally Published In
SAGE Research Methods Cases
Abstract
In 2008, I began the process of preparing for a study that I carried out over the next 3 years to examine resiliency among Mexican and Mexican–American transsexual entertainers. My interest in the population was generated by my own lived experience of coming out in the community some 20 years prior to the study, and the fact that this was a community who were under-represented in transgender-serving clinical settings. My literature search yielded disheartening data that indicated high risks of drug abuse, depression, and exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, while there was little that portrayed strength and resiliency that came with the experiences of navigating multiple identities as Mexicans or Mexican–Americans, entertainers, transsexuals, and women. I chose a multiple case study design, using interviewing, observations, ...
