Resistência trans: práticas sociais na construção da cidadania de travestis e transexuais na cidade do Recife

Abstract

The main focus of the research is the analysis of the relation between the sharing experiences of travestis and transsexuals and the construction of the citizenship and human rights. First, a brief genealogy of the word travesti is performed, seeking reminiscences in mythology. Subsequently, it is approached the body as a political territory and the contributions of feminist movements on gender subject in the present time, considering the constitution of the travesti as a political category. In a third moment, it is intended to make a historical cut, having as reference the 1990s up to the present day, regarding the social travesti and transsexual movement in the Brazilian context. The project seeks to understand the internal dynamics of the movement to the field, highlighting the main guidelines, advances and challenges, analyzing the cross-cutting contribution of NGOs / Aids, that work on travestis and transsexual rights in this social organization process. Finally, it was observed the unfolding of national patterns of social organization and their impact on local action. Thus, it will be will analyzed the work of the Recife NGO that contributed to the emergence of travestis and transsexual organizations in the state of Pernambuco. Methodologically, the work is characterized as being a qualitative research, made possible through in-depth interviews