The research had as its goal the analysis of the linguistic repertoires produced by a trans man father who bore his daughter. It was found that the experiences of trans people in the field of reproductive care, as well as management and attention in the context of reproductive health, when it extrapolates the needs of the transsexualizing process - considered as “corrective”, evidencing the pathological character under which transsexuality is socially understood - are made invisible. There is an “unthinkable” character (ZAMBRANO, 2006) of the reproductive issue aimed at the LGBT public – especially the “T” of the acronym, a “symbolic sterility” (ANGONESE; SOUSA LAGO, 2017) that structurally restrains any possibility of exercising parenthood or care functions for trans people. As theoretical support, we use the concepts of performativity proposed by Judith Butler on gender, language - which she defends as inseparable when thinking about identity (de)constructions -, and Transfeminism as a feminist alternative that proposes to encompass the diversity of feminist subjects and agendas and non-cisgender demands. For theoretical-methodological support, we used Social Constructionism, which understands the phenomena of everyday life as social constructions and products of the context in which they are inserted. In the context of lives broadcast by institutional Instagrams of the LGBT Forum of Pernambuco and Coletivo Mangueiras, the speeches of a trans man father who carried his child were analyzed. This strategy considers the new possibilities of interaction and communication considering digital media as a practice in everyday life, being a possible research alternative. In the reflections and proposals in the analysis, we defined three moments: the gestational period, the paternal exercise and the puerperium, and the social context related to the care of transpaternity, the “social cradle”. Among the important aspects that emerged, we find the scarcity of productions on the subject, the structural character in the invisibilization of transmasculinities, and the importance of social movements to the guarantees of rights.

Propelled by theoretical and methodological reflections of the Network of Meanings (Rede de Significações) and Gender Theories, this work aimed to scrutinize the ontogeny of the drag queen. The method was based on individual semi-structured interviews that happened in 3 different moments: before, during and after getting into drag. The first meeting took place with each participant out of drag, and focused on the origin and history of the drag queen. The second meeting happened during and after getting into drag, seeking a deeper understanding of the persona's body construction. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed under the microgenetic prism. Three aspects guided the construction of the analysis: the clues of the construction of the drag queen, the influence of temporalities and the macrosocial aspects. The results indicate the singularity of each drag queen, intertwined by their temporalities and their relationship with the environment. In their developmental processes, they negotiate relationships, practices, languages and spaces, making their trajectory unique. There are also transversal components, mainly associated with elements belonging to their socio-historical matrix, that refer to the disruption of the sex-gender system, and the creation of new ways of being and doing drag. It was also observed the highly interactive dimension of the drag, since the first few times getting into drag, in the process of choosing the name, and in its ontogenetic path. As well as the development of the person, the drag queen's trajectory is multilinear, marked by predictability and unpredictability, continuity and discontinuity. The makeup metaphorizes and concretizes these non-linear movements, as a prominent place in the process of getting into drag. In addition, we observed processes of approximation and distancing in the interaction between person and persona. Based on the analysis, the drag queen is understood as the construction of a new place in the world, and the relationship between person and persona is characterized as a double path of transformation. Finally, we point out the drag as a happening process, in constant state of becoming.

There are clinical reports of susceptibility to certain sounds in individuals with this disorder and suchs susceptibility may lead to some sort of sound discomfort. The present study investigated whether certain sounds may cause discomfort in people with PD. Thus, 42 volunteers, regardless of gender, (20-49 years old), were divided into two groups: 21 from the clinical group with PD (PG) and 21 from the control group composed of, volunteers without neuropsychiatric disorder (CG). The BAI, the adapted BDI and adapted IPEEB were sent by email to individuals from both groups. After the questionnaires were answered, a remote meeting was arranged via Google Meet. At this stage: a questionnaire to verify the sociodemographic aspects and the reported PD clinical symptoms, the ArASP , the TAS were individually run. Results showed that the PG did not present any auditory discomfort tot the pure sound frequency sweeps, however, PG showed high sensitivity and significant discomfort with two reverse sequences of the musicextracts from “Play The Game”. In this scale, the PG, when compared to the CG, showed significant differences in all the analyzed alterations: visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and body sensations. Among these alterations, audition is one of the most outstanding, surpassed  only by bodily sensations. As for the adapted inventories that we used for screening as well as to assess the clinical symptoms of each group, our results show high levels  of anxiety, depression and stress. The Sound Appreciation Test did not correlate with any of the screening tests, nor with any clinical symptoms, however, ArASP did correlate significantly and strongly with BAI, and significantly and moderately with all: panic symptoms,  BDI and  Stress. We consider the low auditory tolerance observed for some music extracts in the case of the GP, as early signs of sensory suffering possibly related to the PD.

The study aimed to understand the experiences of elderly homosexuals throughout their lives, and how these have had consequences on their perception and/or experience of aging. Thus, using the principles of a qualitative research with a narrative character, I conducted in-depth interviews with a biographical focus with three homosexual men between fifty-six and sixty-six years old. From the double-hermeneutics, I sought to reveal the meanings that the participants built from their own actions and experiences, marking and comparing with the meaning that I, armed with my theoretical-methodological framework, constructed from the actions, experiences and interpretations of my interlocutors. Thus, from these narratives, I realized that since childhood they had to face the stigmas directed to their sexuality and friendship, since that time, it has been initially configured as a support network and throughout their lives, as a new possibility of relating and as encouragement in the face of the fear of loneliness in old age. Another question raised by them was how they perceive aging as something that is yet to come, and not as now. In this way, they claim that they are “living today, as long as possible”.

This research deals with political strategies to promote the health of lesbians, gays, bisexuals,
transvestites and transsexuals (LGBT) in Pernambuco, with particular interest to aspects
related to mental health, given the relevance of this dimension in the health care of this
population as well as the little visibility of this agenda in the public debate with the topic. If,
on the one hand, mental health policies rarely address aspects related to gender and sexuality,
on the other, health promotion and sexual rights policies also treat mental health in a
secondary way. Thus, in this research, we are looking to emphasize the multiple violence
suffered by the LGBT population and the repercussions of these violence on their mental
health process, as well as to explore aspects related to institutional violence, since many
LGBT people avoid public services to avoid experiencing constraints / multiple violence in a
context where they are supposed to be taken care of. To this end, our main objective was to
analyze, among narratives, memories and positions, the meanings production about mental
health in the implementation of the State Policy for Integral LGBT Health in Pernambuco
seeking to: a) analyze discursive repertoires about mental health in the context of this policy;
b) to analyze the ways in which gender and sexuality are triggered in the production of these
repertoires; c) to analyze the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic in the daily life of the
services that are part of this policy. The methodology involved the production of narratives
based on interviews with 11 members and former members of the LGBT Integral Health
Technical Committee that has been involved in the implementation and monitoring of the
LGBT Comprehensive Health Policy in the state of Pernambuco, involving representatives of
social movements and instances of state public power. Thus, we conducted a qualitative
research based on the constructionist and feminist perspective of doing research, emphasizing
the care with people involved in the process, ensuring a welcoming and safe environment,
negotiating ethically the action and constant interaction throughout the conversation.
Therefore, at the interface between the researcher's memories and dialogically constructed
discursive productions, we believe that we have accessed the narrative pathways and the
production of meanings about mental health by those people who effectively work in
promoting LGBT health in the State of Pernambuco. Our analyzes emphasize the need to give
visibility to little-known narratives and the power of discussion on the topic, with a
perspective to contribute to the qualification of SUS devices and the Psychosocial Care
Network (RAPS), ensuring rights for the LGBT population, starting from an offer of care and
comprehensive care, to the mental health of this population.

This study aimed to analyze the meanings produced about health care by professionals who work in a specialized health service aimed at the trans population. To this end, a qualitative research was carried out, from the approach of discursive practices and production of meanings in everyday life, inspired by Social Constructionism. The information produced is the result of semi-structured interviews with six health professionals who make up the multidisciplinary team of the Trans Care and Acolhimento Space, located at the Hospital das Clínicas at UFPE. The interviews were videotaped, fully transcribed and their contents were organized into four categories based on the construction of dialogic maps, namely: 1) Users; 2) The Trans Space and the Transsexualizing Process; 3) Demands; and 4) Professional performance. The analysis of the transcribed material resulted in the systematization of each category with the presentation of aspects identified in the dialogues and the discussion of the discursive practices involved in the production of meanings about health care. The investigation identified that the meaning of health care in the Trans Space brings together several aspects, whose configuration we understand as a Network. Marked by dialog and interventions that go beyond the professional-user relationship aspect, Network care is characterized by a logic of psychosocial care. It differs, therefore, from the hegemonic biomedical paradigm inscribed in the ordinance that institutionalizes the Transsexualizing Process in Brazil. The identification of the needs of the trans population and the efforts to guarantee resolution for them is a routine of the professional when providing care in the Network, dealing with several issues that permeate health and the Transsexualizing Process in micro and macro political aspects. Research such as this one contributes to efforts to qualify care in health services in the direction of strengthening democratic society, in particular, the inclusion of users, historically marginalized, in the SUS.

This study's goal was to analyze the effects caused by obstetric violence in women who were violated when searching for healthcare assistance to give birth. It’s qualitative research was inspired by Sociopoetics’ methodology. The analysis was done through the lens of decolonial epistemologies, focused on gender and race. Reading this thesis is an invitation to travel together by the sensory and sensitive universe of women, from the many ways they will narrate their experiences of suffering obstetric violence. Through these pathways, we’ll visit memories of pain and suffering but also happiness, life potency, collective care, and means of resistance. Obstetric violence was perceived as a complex phenomenon that was constituted while a colonizing, misogynous, heteronormative, violent, and racist society was structuring itself and colonizing childbirth. The research has shown that this violation may occur in every stage of women’s lives and reproductive decisions, resulting in potential consequences for all dimensions of their lives. It is noteworthy that black women are more vulnerable to mistreatment and malpractice stemming from invisibility. As a result, this violation may act stopping their children’s birth or causing the death of these women and their conceptus. Thus, this violation was consolidated as a strategy in the coloniality of power, knowledge, and being and, beyond controlling women’s bodies, sexuality, and childbirth, served a eugenic ideological project of population whitening. In face of these facts, fighting it calls for women empowerment; humanization of sexual and reproductive healthcare; the guarantee of human, sexual, and reproductive rights; universal, integral, and equal access to healthcare; fighting racism and securing places of speech and the power to decide of black women in SUS services’ administration and in the production of knowledge.