Psicologia e transexualidade no sistema único de saúde (SUS): uma discussão.

Abstract

The present article aims to bring the contributions of psychology in the field of public health in the field of understanding of transsexuality and its approaches. The discussions about the pathologization of transsexuality are permeated by the notions of gender binarism, normalization of heterosexuality and gender stereotypes. The process of medical evaluation of a transsexual is based on this mechanism of control and normalization of sexual conduct, based on the approach or not to the roles attributed to the masculine and feminine gender considered normal. Medical discourse normalizes sexual experiences and the expressions of being human and being a woman, including them in criteria of being healthy or sick. The research is bibliographical, the articles were obtained from the Scielo database. The results show that the work of the psychologist is based on the recognition of the desire of these subjects, offering a free reception of discrimination, helping in the process of decision making, acting in the sensitization of other people about the transsexual realities, in order to reduce prejudice. Finally, there is also a lack of recent bibliographic production on Psychology and the need to include this theme in schools and universities.