Abstract
The main goal of this article is to analyze the relationship involving subjectivity, embodiment, and labor activity among travestis and transsexuals. We recognize that bodies are invested by various discourses and power relations, which produce normal and abnormal bodies in society, establishing the intelligibility of the body through gender categories. Beyond that, the body is an active element in the production of one’s subjectivity. Transgender people are considered abnormal in the binary gender matrix of intelligibility, which makes them more susceptible to be stigmatized, discriminated, and socially excluded. As for labor, it has been observed that the bodies of travestis and transsexuals may represent an obstacle for the obtaining of formal jobs.
Highlights
The main objective of this article is to analyze the process involved in the embodiment and subjectivity of transsexual and travesti (Latin word to transvestite) individuals and the relations of the embodiment process with their labor activities
It is concluded that gender and sexuality operate at the personal, interpersonal, and institutional levels (Tauches, 2006) and the body operates at those three levels
They can be marginalized by organizational managers as a result of their bodies, and such marginalization is manifested in the difficulty to obtain a formal job, in the case of travestis
Summary
The main objective of this article is to analyze the process involved in the embodiment and subjectivity of transsexual and travesti (Latin word to transvestite) individuals and the relations of the embodiment process with their labor activities. The intention is to analyze whether the visibility of their gender identity as transgender individuals manifested on their bodies may produce stigmas, discrimination, and exclusion from the mainstream social, organizational, and economic settings, affecting their choices and possibilities of labor activities. For this purpose, a qualitative study was carried out with 30 Brazilian transsexuals and travestis, in an attempt to understand how such process occurs. But not least, studies on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) labor remain underrepresented in organizational studies (Creed & Cooper, 2008)
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