Various shades of “no”: Reports from primary health care professionals assisting lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals (LGBTT)

Abstract

The populations of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals (LGBTT) experience obstacles in the access to Primary Health Care services and in the assistance offered by them. In this study, we aim to analyze reports of professionals who assist these populations in the Family Health Strategy. It was a qualitative research carried out through oral reports. Thirty-two professionals from different categories who worked in a Primary Health Care unit in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil participated in the study. The analysis was guided by three dimensions-recognition, redistribution and representation-and showed that it is necessary to interconnect, within the same principle of justice, the space of recognition of sexual and gender diversity (cultural field), the space of inequalities linked to the exploration and redistribution of resources (organizational field), and the space of representation and participation of LGBTT populations (political and social field), in the circular logic of the health services.