TRAVESTIS PROFISSIONAIS DO SEXO E QUALIDADE DE VIDA: VISIBILIZANDO OUTRAS CONCEPÇÕES

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Ana Lilia Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santana, Alef Diogo da Silva, Araújo, Ednaldo Cavalcante de, Moura, Jefferson Wildes da Silva, Lima, Marcos Soares de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/76961
• topic: Enfermagem; Saúde pública; Qualidade de Vida; Pessoas Transgênero; Profissionais do Sexo; Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero; Enfermagem.; Quality of Life; Transgender People; Sex Workers; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Nursing.; Calidad de Vida; Personas Transgénero; Profesionales del Sexo; Minorías Sexuales y de Género; Enfermería.

Objective: to understand the perception of quality of life of transvestites who are sex workers.Method: a qualitative and exploratory study. The starting point was a social space in the city ofRecife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The participants were located through the snowball technique. A semistructuredquestionnaire with guiding questions was applied, with participation of seven individuals,by means of theoretical saturation. The data were recorded and analyzed based on contentthematic analysis and similarity analysis. For validation and reliability, methodological and researchertriangulation was adopted. Results: three classes were obtained: “Respect for the social name andrecognition of the trans identity”; “The importance of formal insertion and employability” and“Social well-being, education and housing”. The result was a similarity tree with the most significantwords. Conclusion: It was possible to identify other narratives about the quality of life of transvestiteswho are sex workers, which breaks with the common sense that relates any and all marginalized andunintelligible conception to transvestites.