“When a Trans Is Killed, Another Thousand Rise!”

Abstract

The research comprises how the spaces of death are represented by Brazilians travestis and female transsexuals. Several studies have indicated the structural problems linked with the deaths of people who takes part in this group. For the construction of this text were conducted twelve interviews with travestis and female transsexuals. The stimulation of discourse about space and death was 1 Texto apresentado em palestra realizada no II Congresso Brasileiro de Organização do Espaço (II CBOE) e XIV Seminário do Programa de Pós-Graduação, realizado na cidade de Rio Claro/SP, entre os dias 24 a 28 de março de 2019, intitulado “Soberania e Ciência no século XXI: a decolonialidade do saber como novo paradigma geográfico?". 2 Pesquisadora Senior e Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). E-mail: joseli.genero@gmail.com 3 Professor Associado no Departamento de Geociências e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). E-mail: geogenero@gmail.com 4 Licenciado em Geografia pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). Membro do Grupo de Estudos Territoriais (GETE). E-mail: vinicius.cabral.1991@gmail.com SILVA, Joseli Maria; ORNAT, Marcio Jose; CABRAL, Vinícius; LEE, Débora. 2 1 6 G E O G R A F I A , V . 4 4 , N . 2 , j u l . / d e z . 2 0 1 9 . accomplished through the use of news on this topic, conveyed in newspapers on line. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis which was enable to build and recognize the meanings of social representations created by the group on the relationship between space and death. Social representations established by the group bring the idea of increasing violence, blaming the group for its own marginality condition and moreover, brings the territory of prostitution as a possibility for life and simultaneously as well as risk of death.