Travestilidades e trabalho: estigma, trabalho e identidade de travestis

• Ano de defesa: 2023
• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Willey Max de Pinho
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BR; Mestrado em Administração; Centro de Ciências Jurídicas e Econômicas; UFES; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração
• Palavras-chave em Português: Travesti; Estigma; Poder; Gênero; Identidade; Trabalho; subject.br-rjbn; Administração
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/16909

The travestis are targets of stigmatization, violence and are prevented from entering the labor market due to their identities not conforming to the heterosexual matrix that recognizes only subjects inserted within the binary logic of gender, while delegitimizing and denying other forms of existence, turning subjects into abject, abnormal individuals. The aim of this research is, from the perspective of Queer Theory and the conception of stigma, to analyze how power relations impact the production of stigma for transvestites and consequently in the labormarket for them, as well as a way that stereotypes about that group are reinforced in the context of the work. From a post-structuralist perspective, this study views identities as fluid and non-essentialist, and questions hegemonic discourses through Foucault's concepts on power and with the support of queer analytics and its main contributor: Judith Butler. We intend to carry out interviews with the research subjects, in addition to an ethnographic study to deepen the relationship between researcher and researched, and to broaden the nuances of this phenomenon that interviews are not able to capture, due to the delicacy of the theme. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with ten research subjects, accessed through the Snowball Sampling, in addition to the use of field notes in a complementary way. Data were analyzed using the thematic categorization technique of Content Analysis by Bardin (2013), with the help of the “Atlas Ti” software. As conclusions, the research pointed out that the aspects of stigma that make transvestites invisible are present at work, in addition to the verification of the inefficiency of policies for the inclusion of trans people in organizations. Stereotypes about transvestites are very ingrained in people's minds, and power has not only been able to reproduce stigma, but has created a vicious cycle in which stigma breeds more stigma. Political engagement is the main characteristic of the transvestite identity, and the mutual support networks and the creation of spaces made by and for trans people, such as “NGOs” can indicate new forms of plural and equitable organizations.