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Research often highlights how structural violence and exclusionary economic systems lead transgender individuals, particularly trans women of color, into sex work.

: Many individuals enter the industry due to discrimination in traditional employment sectors, which can make sex work a necessary means of survival.

The following sections explore the broader context of transgender people in the sex work industry, focusing on themes of labor, marginalization, and the pursuit of autonomy. 1. Structural Conditions and Labor

Academic literature, particularly in criminology and public health, has historically focused on transgender sex workers through a lens of disease and trauma, often ignoring their experiences as individual laborers.

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