A violência contra a população trans e travesti no Brasil

Abstract

The present research sought to understand the numerous forms of violence suffered by the trans and transvestite population in Brazil, given that it occupies the position of the country that most kills transgender people in the world, despite the constitutional guarantee of equality and the fundamental rights present in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. Therefore, an analysis was made of how this violence occurs, its prevalent reasons, and the importance of public policies and education for citizenship in its fight, through a research with an explanatory objective, qualitative approach, and bibliographic and documentary method. The importance of adopting an intersectional perspective in the analysis of violence was noted, given the influence of social markers of gender, class and ethnicity on social vulnerability. In addition, the research showed there is a continuous process of discrimination, marginalization and violation of the rights of trans and transvestites, so that effective public policies and education for citizenship are essential instruments for confronting this transphobic violence. It was concluded that the phenomenon of violence against trans and transvestites in Brazil is multifaceted and has a diversity of causes, since structural violence establishes transphobia and cis-heternormativity as a rule, giving vent to the different forms of transphobic violence explored in the present work