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0327/2023 - Advances and challenges in the transsexualizing process of the brazilian Unified Health System
Avanços e desafios no processo transexualizador do Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro

Author:

• Vitória da Cruz Boldrin - Boldrin, V.C - <vitoria.boldrin@discente.univasf.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1897-6623

Co-author(s):

• Ruan Dias Rodrigues Coelho - Coelho, R.D.R - <leticia.calves@discente.univasf.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0006-1427
• Letícia Carvalho Alves - Alves, L.C - <leticia.calves@discente.univasf.edu.br>
• Edenilson de Souza Teixeira - Teixeiora, E.S - <edenilson.teixeira@discente.univasf.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8372-0201
• Sheila Reis de Souza Bernardo - Bernardo, S. R. S - <Sheila.reis@discente.univasf.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3567-7212
• Anacely Guimarães Costa - Costa, A. G - <anacely.guimaraes@univasf.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-1049


Abstract:

The implementation of the Transsexualizing Process (PrTr) in the Unified Health System (SUS) was the result of social struggles by the LGBT community for sexual rights, gender identity construction, and bodily autonomy. The objective of this article is to analyze the advances and challenges of PrTr in SUS through a qualitative narrative literature review. In June 2022, a search was conducted in the Google Scholar, SciELO, and BVS databases to scientific articles in Portuguese published in the last 10 years, excluding foreign language articles and other types of academic work such as reviews, undergraduate theses, dissertations, or theses. Eighteen articles were ed that showed the expansion of healthcare services for transsexuals with PrTr in SUS. However, weaknesses were identified, such as unprepared healthcare professionals, social stigmas, clinical diagnosis as a propeller of pathologization, and low hospital coverage. The regulation and availability of PrTr in SUS have brought gains to the trans population, but it is necessary to expand access to services and improve stigmatizing conduct to ensure that these individuals feel welcomed in their entire biopsychosocial context.

Keywords:

Transsexuality; Gender; Health Technologies; Public Health Policies.

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Boldrin, V.C, Coelho, R.D.R, Alves, L.C, Teixeiora, E.S, Bernardo, S. R. S, Costa, A. G. Advances and challenges in the transsexualizing process of the brazilian Unified Health System. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Oct). [Citado em 31/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/advances-and-challenges-in-the-transsexualizing-process-of-the-brazilian-unified-health-system/18953?id=18953&id=18953



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