{"product_id":"criminalization-of-black-trans-individuals-for-sex-work-9798348319885","title":"Criminalization of Black, Trans Individuals for Sex Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study examines the intersection of systemic racism and transphobia in the criminal legal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem by analyzing the criminalization of Black, trans individuals for sex work. While doing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eso, I explain how the stigmatization and policing of Black, trans sex workers reflects racist, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransphobic fictionalizations of Black and trans bodies as inherently sexually deviant. I further\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexplain how these fictions are rooted in the U.S.'s history of White supremacist colonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter recording, transcribing, and analyzing the oral histories of four Black, trans individuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho have been criminalized for sex work, I discern four main themes regarding their experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand insights. These themes include patterns of systemic racism and transphobia that increase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir likelihood of relying on sex work for survival, direct forms of violence perpetrated by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagents of the criminal legal system, indirect forms of violence perpetrated by the system, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evarious institutional, social, and political changes necessary to secure the safety and rights of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack, trans sex workers. This study reveals the criminal legal system as an institution which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efunctions less as an arbiter for justice than an institution that forwards the biopolitical interests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof hegemonic society. By disciplining non-heteronormative bodies, in this case those of Black, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrans sex workers, the criminal legal system reinforces White, cis-heteropatriarchal dominance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand maintains marginalized communities' positions at the bottom of the social hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zavahava\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798348319885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Zavanna Cordelia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435580780725,"sku":"9798348319885","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ea9adaf0-8a46-4203-a0ee-4c51264cffe1.jpg?v=1776227296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/criminalization-of-black-trans-individuals-for-sex-work-9798348319885","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}