Transgeneridade e saúde: atendimentos discriminatórios contra pessoas transgêneras na política de saúde

Abstract

Thinking in transgenders health in Brazil is thinking also in the violence which this population is conditioned, once they face many types of discrimination, which includes the family background and state policies. At the healthcare system, there is an access hindrance caused by the stigma that they carry, then discrimination is materialized at the attendance. The denial of this legal right and the difficulty of accessing it impacts transgender people social relations, they also may cause isolation, depression e suicide thoughts, aside of worsening biologicals diseases, sicking and weakening even more this population. Based on it, this study has as its purpose the understanding of how is the transgender people access to healthcare. In what concerns to the methodology, it is based on the historical and dialectical materialist method, being considered a qualitative research, of exploratory type, that has as objective exploring the reality of these attendances and of the violence and violation of legal rights that this category is subject in healthcare policy. Finally, the results obtained through the study reveal the precariousness of access, the lack of knowledge of this population specifities, the disgard of the attendances, when it’s not denied, beside the disrespect over the name and gender that they claim. The access is characterized by embarrassment, humiliation and significant aggressions to the dignity of these subjects.