A homossexualidade feminina no campo da saúde: Da invisibilidade à violência

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the models that may explain the invisibility of lesbian and bisexual women in the area of women's whole health care assistance. Discussing homosexuality in general, a contribution is made to deconstruct naturalist views which destitute people from their role of agents of their own sexuality, preventing them of exercising their right to live different sexual orientations other than those hetero-normative. For the theoretical reference, Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus and field was used. Papers published on the subject in the health care field accessed through the site of the Virtual Health Library (BVS) and government documents that provide health care programs and services to women who admit publicly to be lesbian or bisexual or for those who are experiencing homo-affective and/or homoerotic relations. It was then concluded that lesbian and bisexual women do not have any kind of support from health care professionals, in the whole health care field for women, helping them verbalize their sexual orientation, when they seek assistance.