Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women's narratives about access to healthcare
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https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02409008espAbstract
Introduction: Ensuring the principle of equity requires an understanding of how the interaction of various social markers of difference - such as sexuality, gender identity, social class, race/color, ethnicity, etc. - leads to vulnerabilities in different bodies. This phenomenon is evident in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transvestite (LGBT) people, who often face barriers to accessing healthcare. Objective: To learn more about the care-seeking trajectories of people who self-identify as cisgender lesbian women, bisexual women, or transgender men. Methods: Qualitative research using in-depth interviews to reflect the subjectivity, characteristics, and experiences of each of the participants. Interviews were analyzed from a content analysis perspective. Results: The narratives reveal that there is a lack of spaces aimed at listening to and accepting differences. Violent and inappropriate treatment is widespread and reinforces the stigmatization and segregation of bodies that challenge gender and sexuality norms. Conclusions: (Cis)heteronormativity impacts the training of health professionals and is reflected in their practice, meaning that lesbian women, bisexual women, and trans men are excluded from access to care. This finding reinforces the need to foster health education processes that, in order to change this reality, are constantly open to reflection and the creation of new possibilities for action. This text is the result of the stricto sensu postgraduate program Professional Master's Degree in Family Health (PROFSAÚDE).
Keywords: Sexual and Gender Minorities; Equity in Access to Health Services; Right to Health; Health Education.
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