Abstract
to analyze the social network of young female transsexuals who live with HIV/AIDS. descriptive and exploratory study of qualitative approach, based on the Social Network Theory, developed in a Brazilian reference hospital for HIV/AIDS, with six transsexual women. Individual interviews were recorded and transcribed, and the data were subjected to analysis of similarities through the software program IRaMuTeQ. the categories observed were: 1) dynamics of primary social network and social challenges; 2) dynamics of secondary social network and the institutional prejudice. the dynamics of the social network is based on the lack of support of primary and secondary networks, and the containment process limits the reach of quality of life and social emancipation. To deal with this theme will provide the visibility of young female transsexuals in confronting vulnerabilities and guaranteeing human rights.
Highlights
OBJECTIVEThe youth can be comprised as the period from 15 to 24 years of age, a period marked by the search for independence, assertiveness and belonging to groups for the facing of new responsibilities[1]
This study aims at responding the following guiding question: what is the dynamics of the social network of young female transsexuals who live with HIV/AIDS?
This research constitutes the delimitation of a thesis developed in the Graduate Program in Nursing of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), whose project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Center for Health Sciences of the UFPE (CCS/ UFPE) and followed the norms established by resolution no. 466, December 12, 2012, of the Brazilian National Health Council of the Ministry of Health, which provides the guidelines and standards that rule the studies involving human beings, following ethical precepts of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice and privacy[9]
Summary
The youth can be comprised as the period from 15 to 24 years of age, a period marked by the search for independence, assertiveness and belonging to groups for the facing of new responsibilities[1]. The process of consolidation of the young female transsexual’s identity is permeated by elements that comprise the feminine universe, perceived since childhood or adolescence, and by the search for new experiences, which are intensified based on the transformation of the body, usually associated with the lack of support by the social network. Young female transsexuals are among the most marginalized people in the world, given that they experience a context of vulnerability resulting from the denial of social and health rights, associated with prejudice; violence; and barriers to access to healthcare, education and employment[3]. According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom, 36% of transsexual people formally working already resigned from their jobs due to the discrimination, and up to 60% of them have suffered violence committed by transphobic individuals at work[5]
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