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Guilherme Sacheto Oliveira1, Anna Maria de Oliveira Salimena2, Lucia Helena Garcia Penna3
1Fundação São José de Itaperuna. Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objective:
to understand the meanings of being a trans or transvestite woman in the care provided by Unified Health System health professionals.
Methods:
qualitative research, guided by Heidegger's phenomenology, with 10 trans or transvestitewomen residing and using the Unified Health System in a municipality in Minas Gerais. Fieldwork was carried out by interviews.
Results:
trans or transvestitewomen reproduce the social patterns constructed and accepted by the female, with the search for hormonization being common, and, when it is difficult to obtain a prescription, they resort to self-medication. Social name use and acceptance by health professionals promote recognition. Trans or transvestitewomen experience prejudice on a daily basis, not only by professionals, but also because of the assumption of diagnoses by other users.
Final Considerations:
transphobia promotes withdrawal from health services, due to fear, shame, knowledge about professionals' unpreparedness, triggering illness, social exclusion and violence.
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