ABSTRACT
Electra is a Panamanian transvestite who makes heads turn. Her body is thin yet curvaceous, her face effeminate, her hair long, her voice high-pitched, and her manner delicate. Needless to say, she passes easily for a woman. Panamanian transvestites are famous for being “perfect women,” that is to say, for having faces and bodies that are so feminine in appearance that they are able to deceive even the most discerning among their clientele. Electra is not the only one who does not understand Costa Rican sexuality; Nicaraguan transvestites share her view. There are also cases where women turn up alone, without any men present at all. Transvestites have indicated that they have been involved in menages a trois or larger groups in which there have been an equal number of men and women.
