Transgredindo o gênero: narrativas de uma mulher travesti em (trans)formação

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In recent years, we have experienced in Brazil several attacks on bodies that deviate from gender norms, leading the global ranking of murders for years, and there is an alarming number of school dropouts of people who claim to be transsexual and transvestite (Benevides, 2021, 2022). This reality of discrimination and social exclusion is not far from schools and universities. From the use of memory as a student, teacher, woman and transvestite, the Brazilian researcher seeks in this research to use real and fictional narratives (Reigota, 1999) of her existence and (trans)formation as a work methodology. In this process, aspects are reflected on the process of formation and transformation of the researcher, with a theoretical framework in the directions of post-structuralism and post-criticism, in the field of cultural studies, with authors of recognized research in the areas of Gender, Sexuality, Cross-Dressing and Education: Butler (2003), Louro (2003), Bento (2003, 2011), Preciado (2020), Andrade (2012). In cross-referencing with various bibliographic sources about the researched community, such as news articles, interviews, dossiers with statistical data and some musical and artistic productions by transvestites and transsexuals. Thus, our research problematizes: What can gender-transgressing bodies experience throughout their (trans)formation? This Master's dissertation presented to the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) of the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), has as its main objective to propose reflections on aspects in the (trans)formation of a transvestite teacher, as well as to build narratives of the author's memory in its construction process. Bearing in mind that we have a lot to learn so that there is a great reach in the inclusion of diversity in school. By expanding meanings and perceptions in relation to teacher training, it can be corroborated to transform the school routine into a fairer place, with equity for all people, regardless of the condition of social class, gender, sexuality, race, aesthetics, generation, religion, among others.