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The [[Umbrella Term|term]] '''''travesti''''' is used in Latin American countries—especially South American—to designate people who were [[Assigned Gender|assigned]] male at birth, but develop a [[gender identity]] according to different [[Gender expression|expressions]] of [[femininity]].<ref>https://www.lgbtqia.wiki/wiki/Travesti</ref><ref>[[wikipedia:Travesti (gender identity)]]</ref> Other terms have been invented and are used in South America in an attempt to further distinguish it from [[cross-dressing]], [[drag]], or pathologizing connotations. In Spain, the term was used in a similar way during the Franco era, but it was replaced with the advent of the medical model of [[transsexuality]] in the late 1980s and early 1990s, in order to rule out negative stereotypes. The arrival of these concepts occurred later in Latin America than in Europe, so the concept of travesti lasted over time with various connotations. The word has lost popularity even further in favor or terms like [[transgender]] and trans.<br />
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Travesti identities are heterogeneous and multiple, so it is difficult to reduce them to universal explanations. They have been studied by various disciplines, especially anthropology, which has extensively documented the phenomenon in both classical and more recent ethnographies. Researchers have generally proposed one of three main hypotheses to define travestis: that they constitute a "[[third gender]]" (like the [[hijra]]s of India and the [[muxe]] of Mexico), that they reinforce the [[gender binarism]] of their society, or that they actually deconstruct the category of gender altogether. Although it is a concept widely used in Latin America, the definition of travesti is controversial, and it is still regarded as a [[transphobic]] slur depending on the context. Very similar groups exist across the region, with names such as ''[[vestidas]]'', ''[[maricón]]'', ''[[cochón]]'', ''[[joto]]'', ''[[marica]]'', ''[[pájara]]'' and ''[[loca]]'', among others.<br />
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Travestis not only dress contrary to their [[assigned sex]], but also adopt [[female]] names and [[pronouns]] and often undergo cosmetic practices, [[hormone replacement therapy]], filler injections and [[cosmetic surgeries]] to obtain female body features, although generally without modifying their [[genitality]] nor considering themselves as [[women]]. The travesti population has historically been socially vulnerable and criminalized, subjected to social exclusion and structural violence, with discrimination, harassment, arbitrary detentions, torture and murder being commonplace throughout Latin America. As a result, most travestis resort to [[prostitution]] as their only source of income, which in turn, plays an important role in their identity. The word "travesti", originally pejorative in nature, was reappropriated by Peruvian and especially Argentine activists, as it has a regional specificity that combines a generalized condition of social vulnerability, an association with sex work, the exclusion of basic rights and its recognition as a non-binary and political identity. <ref>[https://pin.it/6J206MizD https://pin.it/travesti flag woman]</ref>Notable travesti rights activists include Argentinians [[Lohana Berkins]], [[Claudia Pía Baudracco]], [[Diana Sacayán]], [[Marlene Wayar]] and [[Susy Shock]].<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Travesti flag.jpg|Alternative travesti flag.<br />
File:Travesti Woman Flag.jpg|the transvestite woman flag<br />
File:Travesti Non Binary 28c3bafe395e8df6585f4bf78b7522e9.jpg<br />
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