Contrary to widespread belief, sex trafficking also targets lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) communities. Contemporary social and political constructions of victimhood lie at the heart of regulatory policies on sex trafficking. Led by the US Department of State, knowledge about LGBT victims of trafficking constitutes the newest frontier in the expansion of criminalization measures. These measures represent a crucial shift. From a burgeoning range of pre-emptive measures enacted to protect an amorphous class of ‘all potential victims’, now policies are heavily premised on the risk posed by traffickers to ‘victims of special interest’. These constructed identities, however, are at odds with established structures. Drawing on a range of literatures, the core task of this article is to confront some of the complexities and tensions surrounding constructions of LGBT trafficking victims. Specifically, the article argues that discourses of ‘exceptional vulnerability’ and the polarized notions of ‘innocence’ and ‘guilt’ inform hierarchies of victimhood. Based on these insights, the article argues for the need to move beyond monolithic understandings of victims, by reframing the politics of harm accordingly.

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解构性交易的女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别受害者

与普遍的看法相反，性交易还针对女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别 (LGBT) 社区。当代受害者的社会和政治建构是性交易监管政策的核心。在美国国务院的领导下，对贩卖 LGBT 受害者的了解是扩大刑事定罪措施的最新前沿。这些措施代表了一个关键的转变。从为保护“所有潜在受害者”的无定形类别而制定的一系列新兴措施，现在政策在很大程度上以贩运者对“特殊利益受害者”构成的风险为前提。然而，这些建构的身份与既定的结构不一致。借鉴各种文献，本文的核心任务是应对围绕 LGBT 贩运受害者结构的一些复杂性和紧张局势。具体而言，本文认为“异常脆弱”的话语以及“无辜”和“内疚”的两极分化概念影响了受害者的等级制度。基于这些见解，本文认为有必要通过相应地重新构建伤害政治来超越对受害者的单一理解。