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Stone Butch Lesbian. T4T. Neurodivergent & Disabled. MA Gender Studies Graduate. Covid Conscious. 25. @JunkyardDoggirl.bsky.social’s butch.
Stone Butch Lesbian. T4T. Neurodivergent & Disabled. MA Gender Studies Graduate. Covid Conscious. 25. @JunkyardDoggirl.bsky.social’s butch.
!["Law enforcement officers' internalisation and perpetuation of these stereotypes, combined with the high degree of discretion afforded by vague
"quality of life", "nuisance", "public morality," and prostitution regulations, results in police profiling of trans women, more often trans women of colour and/or migrants, as sex workers, with selective targeting for harassment, detention, and arrest" (Fedorko and Berredo,
2017, p.10).
This can also be seen echoed in the literature surrounding incarceration. It was reported that "people of color were more than twice as likely (46.8%) than their white counterparts (18.3%) to report being "arrested for being trans." Similarly, 58.8 percent of people of color and 35.2 percent of respondents reported being sent to jail/prison
"for any reason" (Fitzgerald et al., 2015, p.5). It is notable that whilst all sex workers of colour are more likely to have interactions with law enforcement than white sex workers, Black and Black Multiracial sex workers reported the highest levels of interaction with police, by far, at 87.3 percent (p.17). Policing and law enforcement that specifically profiles trans women of colour is often referred
"to as "walking while trans" or "walking while Black" (Fitzgerald et al., 2015, p.9). This occurrence having a well-known colloquial name indicates how prevalent this type of racial and gender profiling is for trans people of colour. Hence, trans sex workers' additional intersecting marginalised identities further increase the likelihood of violence, oppression, and harassment.
Additionally, research regarding HIV infection rates in 2010 found that trans respondents reported an "HIV infection rate of 2.64%", which was significantly higher than the "general United States adult population (0.6%)" (Grant et al., 2010, p.13). Although the focus of this study was trans people rather than trans sex workers, it was observed that "61% of those who reported HIV infection [had] engaged in sex work. To consider this …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pgh4zpvc44x6jfoa7iw6qo45/bafkreibs5aga4rmar3elerrfkdv2rn4nc4xglotysvvyrgdnif4gmkprnu)
