Cisgender and transgender women engaged in paid sex: involvement and consequences

Abstract

 This study, based on information obtained through interviews with 76 women who currently provide or have provided paid sexual services, has addressed aspects related to the causes of their involvement, their identity, issues of substance abuse, and the consequences for their physical and mental health, as well as the victimization they have experienced in the course of their activity. Following a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the collected information from the interviewed women, the study has confirmed the diversity of their experiences and the scope and depth of the adverse consequences this practice has for most of them, highlighting the unique challenges faced by transgender women, which differ significantly from those of other women both in terms of the circumstances of their initiation and the consequences.