| Sumario: | In this paper, I describe and conceptualize the restriction or freedom with which transgender people move through urban public spaces in response to unwanted reactions from other passers-by. I address the phenomenon from the 1990s to the early 2020s, in Greater Buenos Aires and the cities of San Luis and Villa Mercedes (San Luis province), Argentina. The study employs a qualitative methodology based on an inductive approach to data. To collect and produce data, I conducted semi-structured interviews and participant observations with transgender individuals. The results present three types of circulation of transgender people through urban public spaces related to unwanted reactions from other passers-by: restricted, conditioned, and free. Additionally, I analyze variations in these types of circulation and describe the processes that transgender people undergo to walk through the streets with relative freedom. In the final reflections, I emphasize the disadvantaged situation of transgender people in their ability to move freely through urban spaces, the cissexist nature of urban public space, but also its role in actively cisgendering subjects, as well as shifts in these configurations. The article contributes to our understanding of transgender people’s everyday lives and the relationship between urban public space and gender.
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