The book Travestis brasileiras e escolas (da vida): cartografias do movimento social organizado aos gêneros nômades by Adriana Sales is a groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of transgender existence and resistance in Brazil. It does not merely analyze the lives of travestis from an external academic perspective, but instead speaks from within their world, blending experience, activism, and research into a single, powerful narrative. What makes this work so important is that it was written by someone who has lived the history she describes. Adriana Sales is herself a travesti, an activist who has been part of the organized trans movement in Brazil since 1998. Her position as both an insider and a scholar allows her to approach her subject matter with sensitivity, complexity, and courage.
