Sexual diversity and social stigmas in the SUS for the LGBTQIA+ community

Observations from Rio de Janeiro

Bibliographic Data

ID5335943
AuthorsAlexandre Nascimento Santos (0000-0001-9937-4034, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, corresponding author), Luiz Carlos Fadel De Vasconcellos (0000-0002-7679-9870, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Luiz Carlos Fadel de Vaconcellos (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Ernane Alexandre Pereira (0000-0001-6681-5016, Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Social e Direitos Humanos, Brasil)
Year2023
Volume47
Issuespe1
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSaúde em Debate (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-1104 • E-ISSN: 2358-2898
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2358-28982023e19009i
OpenAlexW4400160632
SCIELO_PIDS0103-11042023000500207
LanguageEN
References cited5

This research, the result of a master's thesis presented in 2022, sought to unravel the social representations that accompany the population of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites, Transsexuals and Transgenders, Queers, Intersex, Asexuals and others (LGBTQIA+) in the hospital environment. The general objective was to understand the relationship that is established in the care of the LGBTQIA+ population in the hospital environment by SUS professionals. To achieve the general objective, two specific objectives were categorized: to analyze the perception of health professionals about sexual and gender diversity, and to identify possible discriminatory actions that generate violations of healthcare rights of the LGBTQIA+ population in the hospital environment. The methodological procedures included semistructured interviews and field observation in a suburban hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, RJ and, in the methodological analysis, departed from the sociointeractionist perspective of Erving Goffman and the theoretical-conceptual debate based on the concept of stigma by the same author. It was concluded that the LGBTQIA+ population suffers prejudice in the hospital environment, given the lack of training of health professionals and social prejudice of those same professionals

Diversity (politics) · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health