Perfil das notificações de violências em lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e transexuais registradas no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, Brasil, 2015 a 2017 / Profile of notification of violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transsexual people recorded in the National Information System on Notifiable Diseases, Brazil, 2015-2017
Nos três anos analisados, registraram-se 24.564 notificações de violências contra a população LGBT. Quanto ao perfil dos indivíduos, 69,1% tinham entre 20 e 59 anos de idade, metade era negra (50%), 46,6% eram transexuais ou travestis e 57,6% eram homossexuais, dos quais 32,6% lésbicas e 25% gays. Em todas as faixas etárias, a natureza de violência mais frequente foi a física (75%), e em 66,2% dos casos o provável autor é do sexomasculino, sendo o principal vínculo o de parceiro íntimo (27,2%), seguido do de desconhecido (16,5%).
Throughout the study period, 24,564 reports of violence were recorded. Regarding the victim's profile, 69.1% were 20 to 59 years old, 50.0% were black, 46.6% were transsexual or transvestites and 57.6% were homosexual, of which 32.6% were lesbian and 25.0%, gay. In all age groups, the most frequent nature of violence was physical violence (75.0%). The probable author was male in 66.2% of the cases, being intimate partners the most frequent aggressors (27.2%), followed by strangers (16.5%).
Conclusion:
This study expands knowledge of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, reinforces the need to report these events and improve quality of information on individual's sexual orientation and gender identity in order to produce evidence to support actions to tackle this problem.