Discrimination and stigmatization of transsexuality

Abstract

Transsexualism is a longstanding phenomenon but is currently an important topic in psychological discussion, and which remains a taboo subject for many people, who see the transsexual individual as a phenomenon that should be cured, and rejected section. This research, taking into account this reality and proposes two main goals include transgender discrimination within the parish of Santa Lucia and Understanding stigma in trans in the parish of Santa Lucia. For this, a qualitative study was conducted under the phenomenological method - hermeneutical, choosing as key informant a transsexual man subject of women living within the parish. Through participant observation and two interviews on the subject, an array of categories where discrimination and stigmatization were the basis for the construction of the research was developed. We conclude that discrimination is a factor in the everyday life of the transsexual, in areas such as employment, social, religious and legal; and stigma is present due to social prejudices that are not adapted to the contemporary dynamics.