Epilogue

Abstract

This inquiry into the representation of gender variant homosexualities and trans manifestations in contemporary Latin American narratives responds to the circulation of an increasing number of texts featuring figures identifiable for their differently gendered embodiments, a selection of which has been examined here. A compelling connection can be made between the advent of the articulation of locas, travestis, and transsexuals as political subjects in Latin America and this increase in textual representation in the last two decades. As trans and marginalized homosexual subjectivities have gained visibility and social currency, so have representational modes of all kinds begun to respond to their presence.