Going the Extra Mile: How High School Staff Use Informal Strategies to Support, Protect, and Care for LGBTQ+ Students.

BACKGROUND: High school staff can play a key role in supporting students with LGBTQ+ identities through informal strategies; however, more research is needed to understand how staff are employing these strategies. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews, collecting information on informal strategies used to support students identifying as LGBTQ+ from a diverse sample of 23 school staff from high schools across the United States. RESULTS: Staff employed informal support strategies across social ecological levels: within the school community, staff interacted with parents/guardians of students and advocated for more inclusive policies. Within the classroom, staff created inclusive physical environments, implemented inclusive curricula, and employed bullying prevention strategies. Interpersonally, staff listened to and affirmed students and collaborated to employ support strategies. Intrapersonal qualities, including having a personal connection to the LGBTQ+ community and demonstrating open-mindedness, facilitated staff efforts to support students. CONCLUSIONS: Supporting staff in the implementation of the strategies we identified could foster more inclusive school environments, advancing equity for students identifying as LGBTQ+.

Addressing discrimination and violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) persons from Brazil: a mobile health intervention.

BACKGROUND: Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) experience higher rates of discrimination and violence when compared to cis, heterosexual peers. However, violent crimes and other hate incidents against SGM persons are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the SGM community and police. Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for SGM persons globally. Herein, we describe the development of a mobile health intervention to address the rampant violence against this population, the Rainbow Resistance-Dandarah app. METHODS: We conducted community-based participatory research (CBPR) between 2019 and 2020. The study started with in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) with representatives of the SGM community from Brazil. Descriptive qualitative data analysis included the plotting of a 'word cloud', to visually represent word frequency, data coding and analysis of more frequent themes related to app acceptability, usability, and feasibility. A sub-sample of SGM tested the app and suggested improvements, and the final version was launched in December 2019. RESULTS: Since the app was launched in December 2019, the app recorded 4,114 active SGM users. Most participants are cisgender men (50.9%), self-identified as gay (43.5%), White (47.3%), and aged 29 or less (60.9%). FGDs and IDIs participants discussed the importance of the app in the context of widespread violence toward SGM persons. Study participants perceived this mHealth strategy as an important, effective, and accessible for SGM surviving violence. The CBPR design was highlighted as a key strategy that allowed SGM persons to collaborate in the design of this intervention actively. Some users reported how the panic button saved their lives during violent attacks. CONCLUSIONS: Rainbow Resistance-Dandarah app was endorsed as a powerful tool for enhancing reporting episodes of violence/discrimination against SGM persons and a key strategy to connect users with a safe network of supportive services. Results indicate that the app is an engaging, acceptable, and potentially effective mHealth intervention. Participants reported many advantages of using it, such as being able to report harassment and violence, connect with a safe network and receive immediate support.

Investigating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q) among cisgender gay men and lesbian women from the United States.

BACKGROUND: Although the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is one of the most widely used self-report assessments of eating disorder symptoms, evidence indicates potential limitations with its original factor structure and associated psychometric properties in a variety of populations, including sexual minority populations. The aims of the current investigation were to explore several previously published EDE-Q factor structures and to examine internal consistency and measurement invariance of the best-fitting EDE-Q model in a large community sample of cisgender gay men and cisgender lesbian women. METHODS: Data were drawn from 1624 adults (1060 cisgender gay men, 564 cisgender lesbian women) who participated in The PRIDE Study, a large-scale longitudinal cohort study of sexual and gender minorities from the United States. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted to explore the fit of eight proposed EDE-Q models; internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas, Omega coefficients) and measurement invariance (multi-group CFA) were subsequently evaluated. RESULTS: A brief seven-item, three-factor (dietary restraint, shape/weight overvaluation, body dissatisfaction) model of the EDE-Q from Grilo et al. (Obes Surg. 23:657-662, 2013), consistently evidenced the best fit across cisgender gay men and lesbian women. The internal consistencies of the three subscales were adequate in both groups, and measurement invariance across the groups was supported. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, these findings support the use of the seven-item, three-factor version of the EDE-Q for assessing eating disorder symptomatology in cisgender gay men and lesbian women. Future studies can confirm the current findings in focused examinations of the seven-item, three-factor EDE-Q in diverse sexual minority samples across race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age ranges.

We asked cisgender gay men and lesbian women in The PRIDE Study to fill out a widely used survey about eating disorders, the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire. We found that a version of this questionnaire based on seven questions including three parts­(1) dietary restraint, (2) shape and weight overvaluation, and (3) body dissatisfaction­had the best fit. These findings can assist doctors and scientists in understanding eating disorders in cisgender gay men and lesbian women.

Addressing Discrimination and Violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) persons from Brazil: A mobile Health intervention.

Background: Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) experience higher rates of discrimination and violence when compared to cis, heterosexual peers. However, violent crimes and other hate incidents against SGM persons are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the SGM community and police. Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for SGM persons in the world. Herein we describe the development of a mobile health intervention to address the rampant violence against this population, the Rainbow Resistance - Dandarah app. Methods: We conducted community-based participatory research (CBPR) between 2019-2020. The study started with in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) with representatives of the SGM community from Brazil. Descriptive qualitative data analysis included the plotting of a 'word cloud', to visually represent word frequency, data coding and analysis of more frequent themes related to app acceptability, usability, and feasibility. A sub-sample of SGM tested the app and suggested improvements, and the final version was launched in December 2019. Results: Since the app was launched in December 2019, the app recorded 4,114 active SGM users. Most participants are cisgender men (50.9%), self-identified as gay (43.5%), White (47.3%), and aged 29 or less (60.9%). FGDs and IDIs participants discussed the importance of the app in the context of widespread violence toward SGM persons. Study participants perceived this mHealth strategy as an important, effective, and accessible strategy for SGM surviving violence. The CBPR design was highlighted as a key strategy that allowed SGM persons to collaborate in the design of this intervention actively. Some users reported how the panic button saved their lives during violent attacks. Conclusions: Rainbow Resistance - Dandarah app was endorsed as a powerful tool for enhancing reporting episodes of violence/discrimination against SGM persons and a key strategy to connect users with a safe network of supportive services. Results indicate that the app is an engaging, acceptable, and potentially effective mHealth intervention. Participants reported many advantages of using it, such as being able to report harassment and violence, connect with a safe network and receive immediate support.

Ethnoracial Differences in Past Year Victimization Rates for a National Sample of Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents.

Little research exists on victimization for gender and sexual minority adolescents (GSMA) of color. This study identifies differences in past year rates across six victimization types for GSMA by ethnoracial identification. Descriptive analyses were conducted on 1,177 GSMA (14-19 years old), with victimization types stratified by ethnoracial identification and multiple logit regression was used to identify differences. Compared to White (non-Hispanic) peers, Black (non-Hispanic) GSMA reported lower victimization rates across multiple categories with two exceptions. Higher rates of racially biased physical assault were noted among Black (non-Hispanic) and bi/multi-ethnoracial GSMA. Higher rates of witnessing community violence were reported by Black (non-Hispanic), bi/multi-ethnoracial, and Latinx GSMA. To address GSMA's needs, we need to understand the differential risk so that our interventions are responsive to the diversity within this community.

Ansiedade, medo, angústia e tristeza: principais sentimentos relatados por homossexuais e bissexuais na Covid-19 / Anxiety, fear, anguish and sadness: main feelings reported by homosexuals and bisexuals in Covid-19

Introdução: O grupo LGBTQIAPN+, pela construção histórica, já sofre exclusão social, LGBTfobia, sentimentos de inaptidão social, dificuldades no acesso a serviços de saúde e conflitos dentro do próprio ambiente familiar. Agora, no contexto da pandemia, se faz necessária a adaptação às novas regras de convívio e solidão. Objetivo: Descrever os fatores sociodemográficos e os sentimentos dos homossexuais e bissexuais diante a pandemia de Covid-19.Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal descritivo com abordagem quantitativa realizado entre junho e julho de 2020, através de um formulário digital, por meio das plataformas sociais com a população de homossexuais e bissexuais das cinco macrorregiões brasileiras. As variáveis quantitativas foram apresentadas em valores absolutos e percentuais, focalizando na variável "emoções a respeito da pandemia de Covid-19", através de uma nuvem de palavras. Resultados: Os participantes são do gênero feminino com idade média de 23 anos, bissexuais, da raça branca, com ensino superior completo e que residem predominantemente na região Sudeste. Os sentimentos mais citados foram ansiedade, medo, angústia e tristeza. Conclusão: O público de homossexuais e bissexuais não diferiram os sentimentos em relação à população em geral, mas acredita-se que tais sentimentos já eram vivenciados por essa população devido aos estigmas enfrentados e foram agravados.

Introduction: The LGBTQIAPN+ group, by historical construction, already suffers social exclusion, LGBTphobia, feelings of social inadequacy, difficulties in access to health services and conflicts within the family environment itself. Now, in the context of the pandemic, it is necessary to adapt to new rules of coexistence and loneliness. Objective: To describe the sociodemographic factors and feelings of homosexuals and bisexuals facing the covid-19 pandemic.Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted between June and July 2020, through a digital form, by means of social platforms with the population of homosexuals and bisexuals in the five Brazilian macro-regions. The quantitative variables were presented in absolute values and percentages, focusing on the variable "emotions regarding the Covid-19 pandemic" through a word cloud. Results: The participants, are female with a middle age of 23 years, bisexual, of white race, with complete higher education and residing predominantly in the Southeast region. The most frequent feelings mentioned were anxiety, fear, anguish and sadness. Conclusion: The homosexual and bisexual public did not have different feelings in relation to the general population, but it is believed that such feelings were already experienced by this population due to the stigmas faced and were aggravated.

Emotions, Agency, and Materiality: Embodiment of Homophobic Discrimination Amongst Mexican LGBTQ+ Youth.

Embodiment refers to understanding the body as the object and subject of culture, a process that allows an understanding of political, cultural, social, and emotional processes in the assemblage of a particular identity. We describe a qualitative-narrative study utilizing focus groups and interviews in three Mexican cities with 75 LGBTQ+ youth to understand the effects of discrimination and how this impacts subjectivity through embodied affection. Through axial and line-by-line analysis, we describe the process of embodiment through four dimensions: violence, emotions, agency, and materiality. Violence operates as the sediment for LGBTQ+ youth's subjective, social, and political life, and paves the way for particular emotions, such as guilt, shame, fear, sadness, and pain, that directly relates to material aspects such as gender expression and body presentation, beauty standards and a discourse around perversion and promiscuity. Finally, the combination of emotions and materiality prove relevant for certain expressions of agency and resilience.

Notificação de violência da população LGBTQIA+ na perspectiva dos profissionais da ESF/Nasf, município do Rio de Janeiro / Reporting violence against the LGBTQIA+ population from the perspective of ESF/ NASF professionals in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro

RESUMO Objetivou-se analisar as notificações de violência contra a população LGBTQIA+ na perspectiva dos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e do Núcleo Ampliado de Saúde da Família e Atenção Básica em duas clínicas da Área Planejamento (AP 5.1), no município do Rio de Janeiro. Foram coletados dados sobre violência contra a população LGBTQIA+ no sistema de informação do município, no período de 2013 a 2022. Foram caracterizadas as percepções dos profissionais sobre o que entendem como notificação de violência e descritos os fatores facilitadores e dificultadores na identificação da violência contra a população LGBTQIA+. Dentre os facilitadores, destacam-se: escuta qualificada e utilização de planilha de violência da Coordenadora da Área Programática. Dentre dificultadores, evidenciam-se: não identificação da violência LGBTIfóbica como demanda, dificuldade na abordagem do acolhimento, preconceito (profissionais) com a população LGBTQIA+, não utilização dos quesitos de identidade, orientação sexual e nome social. As estratégias identificadas para enfrentar as dificuldades envolvem ações de Educação Permanente em Saúde sobre a população LGBTQIA+ com as seguintes temáticas: abordagem no acolhimento, elucidação de conceitos de identidade de gênero, orientação sexual e políticas públicas e violência. O estudo sugere a qualificação dos profissionais da ESF, a assistência transversal interdisciplinar e a criação de grupo temático intersetorial.

ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to analyze reports of violence against the LGBTQIA+ population from the perspective of professionals from the Family Health Strategy (ESF) and the Expanded Family Health and Primary Care Center in two clinics in the Planning Area (AP 5.1) in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Data on violence against the LGBTQIA+ population was collected from the municipality's information system from 2013 to 2022. The study characterized professionals' perceptions of what constitutes violence reporting and described facilitators and difficulties in identifying violence against the LGBTQIA+ population. Key factors among the facilitators include qualified listening and the use of a violence spreadsheet by the Programmatic Area Coordinator. Difficulties include failure to identify LGBTI-phobic violence as a significant demand, difficulty in the reception approach, professional prejudice against the LGBTQIA+ population, and failure to use the identity, sexual orientation, and social name requirements. The strategies identified to face the difficulties involve Permanent Health Education actions for the LGBTQIA+ population with the following themes: an approach to receptions, elucidation of concepts of gender identity, sexual orientation, and public policies and violence. The study suggests the need for the qualification of ESF professionals, interdisciplinary transversal assistance, and the creation of intersectoral thematic groups.

As recomendações em saúde pública como microagressões: varíola dos macacos e populações LGBTQIA+ / Public health recommendations as microaggressions: monkeypox and LGBTQIA+ populations / Las recomendaciones de salud pública como microagresiones: viruela del mono y poblaciones LGBTQIA+

Resumo: O artigo tem por objetivo analisar recomendações de saúde pública da Organização Mundial da Saúde e das manifestações de seu Diretor-geral durante a epidemia de varíola dos macacos endereçadas a homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) à luz da microagressão como categoria de análise. Questiona-se o potencial estigmatizador de divulgação estatística, para público amplo, de que 98% dos infectados estavam entre HSH, bem como a utilização da própria categoria HSH e da sugestão de abstinência sexual parcial ou total como forma de interromper a disseminação viral. Sugere-se como alternativas capazes de, simultaneamente, garantir políticas de prevenção de doenças sem estigmatizar grupos vulneráveis, especialmente a população LGBTQIA+: (i) diferenciar as divulgações voltadas ao público geral das destinadas às populações predominantemente contaminadas e sujeitas a maior grau de vulnerabilidade social; (ii) superar a utilização da expressão HSH para, nas comunicações destinadas à ampla audiência, utilizar a expressão SGD (população sexo e gênero diversa), mantendo-se o procedimento de registrar, nas pesquisas científicas e nos formulários de atendimento, a identidade de gênero e a orientação sexual por autodeclaração dos pacientes; (iii) evitar mensagens que abordem a sexualidade de modo negativo, reforcem uma vivência sexual majoritária e gerem uma responsabilização socialmente punitiva do infectado, excluindo, pois, das recomendações voltadas ao público amplo a sugestão de abstinência sexual parcial, relativa à redução do número de parceiros, ou de abstinência sexual total, exceto para os casos de pessoas na fase ativa da infecção ou no período imediato à recuperação.

Abstract: The article aims to analyze public health recommendations of the World Health Organization and the manifestations of its Director-General during the mpox epidemic addressed to men who have sex with men (MSM) in the light of microaggression as a category of analysis. The stigmatizing potential of statistical disclosure to a broad public that 98% of those infected were among MSM is questioned, as well as the use of the MSM category itself and the suggestion of partial or total sexual abstinence as a way to stop viral dissemination. The following are suggested as alternatives capable of simultaneously guaranteeing disease prevention policies without stigmatizing vulnerable groups, especially the LGBTQIA+ population: (i) differentiating the disclosures addressed to the general public from those aimed at populations predominantly contaminated and subject to a higher degree of social vulnerability; (ii) overcoming the use of the expression MSM, in communications aimed at a wide audience, to use the expression SGD (sex and gender diverse population), maintaining the procedure of recording, in scientific research and in medical forms, the gender identity and sexual orientation by self-declaration of patients; (iii) avoiding messages that negatively address sexuality, reinforce a majority sexual experience, and generate a socially punitive responsibility of the infected, thus excluding from the recommendations aimed at the broad public, the suggestion of partial sexual abstinence, related to the reduction of the number of partners, or total sexual abstinence, except for the cases of people in the active phase of infection or in the immediate period of recovery.

Resumen: Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las recomendaciones de salud pública de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y las manifestaciones de su Director General durante la epidemia de viruela del mono, dirigidas a los hombres que tienen relaciones sexuales con hombres (HSH), a la luz de la microagresión como categoría de análisis. Se discute el potencial estigma de la divulgación estadística para una amplia audiencia por haber informado que el 98% de los infectados estaban entre HSH, así como el uso de la categoría HSH en sí y la sugerencia de abstinencia sexual parcial o total como forma de detener la propagación viral. Se sugieren como alternativas capaces de garantizar simultáneamente políticas de prevención de enfermedades sin estigmatizar a los grupos vulnerables, especialmente la población LGBTQIA+: (i) distinguir las divulgaciones dirigidas al público en general de las destinadas a poblaciones predominantemente contaminadas y sujetas a un mayor grado de vulnerabilidad social; (ii) dejar de usar el término HSH para, en comunicaciones dirigidas a la amplia audiencia, emplear el SGD (población sexo y género diversa), manteniendo el procedimiento de registro (en investigaciones científicas y formularios de atención) de la identidad de género y la orientación sexual por autodeclaración de los pacientes; (iii) evitar mensajes que tratan la sexualidad de manera negativa, que aseguran una experiencia sexual mayoritaria y que generan una rendición de cuentas socialmente punitiva de los infectados, excluyendo, por lo tanto, de las recomendaciones dirigidas al público en general la sugerencia de abstinencia sexual parcial, relativa a la reducción del número de parejas, o de abstinencia total, excepto en los casos de estadio activo de la infección o del período inmediato de recuperación.

Pela urgente e definitiva inclusão dos campos de identidade de gênero e orientação sexual nos sistemas de informação em saúde do SUS: o que podemos aprender com o surto de monkeypox? / A call for the urgent and definitive inclusion of gender identity and sexual orientation data in the Brazilian health information systems: what can we learn from the monkeypox outbreak?

Resumo Neste documento trazemos um posicionamento para a comunidade científica e a sociedade civil acerca do desafio imposto à vigilância e às ações em saúde no Brasil relacionadas à monkeypox. Apresentamos pontos e encaminhamentos que podem subsidiar os aprendizados e os avanços a partir do atual cenário.

Abstract In this document, we present to the scientific community a proposal on how to deal with the challenge imposed on surveillance and health actions in Brazil regarding monkeypox, including points and directions that have the potential to support learning and enable advances in the current scenario.

A systematic mapping literature review of education around sexual and gender diversities.

Education around sexual and gender identities is highly important to understand diversity and prevent discrimination, violence, and even murder. Nevertheless, educational institutions around the world are lacking a curriculum that explicitly includes diversity and acknowledges the LGBTQ+ community, a minority that over the years has been facing consequences from this exclusion. This study presents a detailed description of the process applied to analyze the studies using a systematic mapping literature review, as well as the positive results found from those educational institutions that started their path to inclusion around sexual and gender diversities through their curricula. The research questions targeted in this work are: What is being taught in educational institutions regarding sexual and gender diversities? What are the approaches used inside the classrooms to teach sexual and gender diversities? Which students are receiving education regarding sexual and gender diversities? Is there a technological approach and/or tool used to teach sexual and gender diversities? After applying the filtering processes, 69 studies were selected from five different online libraries: ACM, DOAJ, Lens.org, SCOPUS, and SpringerLink. The conclusions made from the findings of this review are that those studies that do tackle concerns around the topic have proven to benefit the LGBTQ+ community, the education around sexual and gender diversities predominates within the healthcare field, there are a lack of studies around this topic in Latin American countries, and technological tools are minimally used during the teaching processes.

The Dandarah App: An mHealth Platform to Tackle Violence and Discrimination of Sexual and Gender Minority Persons Living in Brazil.

Discrimination and violence are widely experienced by sexual and gender minority (SGM) persons worldwide. More than one SGM person is murdered every day in Brazil because of their sexuality or gender identity, which is the highest reported homicide rate in the world. Alt-hough discrimination and violence against SGM persons in Brazil are considered to be hate crimes, reporting is still suboptimal due to fear of police SGM phobia and victim blaming. Accessible and easily disseminated interventions are urgently needed. Herein, we describe the develop-ment of an mHealth solution to help address violence against SGM persons, namely the Rainbow Resistance: Dandarah App, with a synthesis of key results and feedback from the SGM community after 24 months of using the app. Twenty-two focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with SGM persons living in six Brazilian states: Bahia, Federal District, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Sergipe, and Pará. A total of 300 SGM persons participated in the FGDs. A thematic analysis was performed to interpret the qualitative data. Content themes related to aesthetics, us-ability, barriers to resources, and likes/dislikes about the intervention arose from the FGDs. Participants found the intervention to be user-friendly, endorsed more likes than dislikes, and suggested a few changes to the app. The findings suggest that the intervention is usable and fit for future ef-fectiveness testing, and that it could fill an important gap in the well-being of SGM persons living in a country with high levels of discrimination and violence towards this community, i.e., Brazil.

Mental health conditions in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Asexual youth in Brazil: A call for action.

BACKGROUND: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Asexual (LGBTQA+) youth have a greater chance of experiencing stressful life events when compared to cisgender heterosexual peers, which can lead to mental health problems. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders among LGBTQA+ youths from two large cities in Brazil. METHODS: Participants were 13-22 years old youths from the 3rd wave of the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort for Psychiatric Disorders (n = 1475). Mental disorders were assessed using the Development and Well-Being Behavior Assessment. Sexual orientation and gender identity were assessed using a self-report confidential questionnaire. Data were analyzed through logistic regressions (adjusting for sociodemographic) using sampling weights to account for attrition and our oversampling high-risk design. RESULTS: 15.18% of the sample described themselves as LGBTQA+. The LGBTQA+ group presented higher rates of anxiety disorders (30.14% vs. 13.37%; OR = 3.37; 95%CI:2.51-4.50), depressive disorders (27.75% vs. 15.34%; OR = 2.17; 95%CI:1.60-2.93) and post-traumatic stress disorder (4.98% vs. 2.25%; OR = 4.20; 95%CI:2.24-7.82), if compared with the cisgender heterosexual group. No difference was found for conduct disorders (2.97% vs. 5.21%; OR = 0.82; 95%CI:0.35-1.65) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (5.92% vs. 3.28%; OR = 1.56; 95%CI:0.83-2.79). LIMITATIONS: Although recruitment was performed at 57 schools in the two cities, sampling was non-probabilistic and included only urban areas, which might bias prevalence estimates and group comparisons. CONCLUSIONS: Our results elucidate the mental health disparities between LGBTQA+ people and cisgender heterosexuals in Brazil. It highlights the need to promote the inclusion of this population in policy formulation and support actions to mitigate the suffering related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

Social Support, Stress and Emotional Symptoms Among LGBTQ+ College Students in Chile.

Objective: to compare the relationships between emotional symptomatology and perceived social support according to gender identity and sexual orientation in LGBTQ+ university students. Methods: 322 Chilean LGBTQ+ college students answered an online survey based on sociodemographic information and validated instruments. Analysis of variance and linear regressions were made. Results: Transgender people have more emotional symptoms and stress and less perceived social support from family than the rest of LGBTQ+ students. Depression and anxiety are negatively associated with perceived social support from friends and family. Conclusions: Perceived social support decreases emotional symptomatology even when controlling for current stress in LGBTQ+ students.

Discurso psicológico e população LGBTI: endereçamentos de uma ação clínica e política / Psychological discourse and the LGBTQ+ population: directions of a clinical and political action / Le discours psychologique et la population LGBTQ+: orientations d'une action clinique et politique / El discurso psicológico y la población LGBTI: un camino hacia una acción clínica y política

Resumo A clínica psicológica, acompanhando entrelaces e experiências diversas no campo da saúde e da educação, é entendida como espaço de recolhimento de questões que tematizam a existência humana. Por meio de leitura bibliográfica, pretendemos dialogar com fenômenos humanos que, sob o caos cotidiano, reverberam compreensões para a clínica psicológica como campo político de ação. Partimos de apontamentos de Hannah Arendt para abordar uma possível ação clínica que faz interface com a política. Buscamos evidenciar as identidades de gênero e orientações sexuais como constructos que permeiam e são permeados por forças que ora direcionam, ora excluem, dadas as confusões em torno do poder e da violência que desde tenra história revelam a sua não-conformidade com a ciência psicológica. Questionamos o lugar do fazer e do saber da psicologia, salientando que sua atitude deveria caminhar numa direção ética e dialogar com uma ação clínica e política.

Abstract The psychological clinic, involving different experiences and interrelations between health and education, is mainly understood as a space of recollection of questions that characterize human existence. By means of a bibliographical reading, this study investigates human phenomena that, understood under the everyday chaos, echoes understandings for the psychological clinic as a political arena. Based on Hannah Arendt, the text begins by discussing a possible clinical action interfacing with politics. It highlights gender identities and sexual orientations as constructs that permeate and are permeated by forces that sometimes direct and sometimes exclude, given the confusions regarding power and violence that from antiquity reveals their non-conformity with psychological science. It calls into question the place of psychology, as knowledge and praxis, pointing out that the psychologist's attitude should move towards ethics and dialogue with a clinical and political action.

Résumé La clinique psychologique, impliquants différents expériences et entrelacements entre la santé et l'éducation, est largement comprise comme un espace de recueillement des questions qui caractérisent l'existence humaine. Par le biais d'une lecture bibliographique, cette étude examine des phénomènes humains qui, compris dans le chaos quotidien, font échos à la compréhension de la clinique psychologique en tant que champ politique d'action. En se basant sur Hannah Arendt, le texte commence par discuter d'une possible action clinique en interface avec la politique. Il souligne les identités de genre et les orientations sexuelles comme des constructions qui imprègnent et sont imprégnées par des forces qui parfois dirigent et parfois excluent, étant donné la confusion concernant le pouvoir et la violence qui, depuis l'antiquité, révèlent leur non-conformité avec la science psychologique. Il remet en question la place de la psychologie, en tant que savoir et praxis, en soulignant que l'attitude du psychologue devrait s'orienter vers une éthique et le dialogue avec une action clinique et politique.

Resumen La clínica psicológica al seguir entrelaces y experiencias diversas, sobre todo, en el campo de la salud y la educación se entiende como un espacio de recogida de cuestiones que tematizan la existencia humana. Por medio de una lectura bibliográfica, pretendemos dialogar con fenómenos humanos que, al caos cotidiano, reflejan conocimientos para la clínica psicológica como un campo político de acción. Partimos de apuntes de Hannah Arendt para tematizar una posible acción clínica que hace interfaz con la política. Buscamos evidenciar las identidades de género y orientaciones sexuales como constructos que permean y están impregnados por fuerzas que ora dirigen, ora excluyen, dadas las confusiones en torno al poder y la violencia, que desde tiempos remotos revela la no conformidad de tales existencias con la ciencia psicológica. Cuestionamos el lugar del hacer y del saber de la psicología, demarcando que una actitud del psicólogo debería caminar hacia la ética y dialogar con una acción clínica y política.

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations.

Across the world, people have seen their lives interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an online survey, we explored how the psychosocial effects of the pandemic affected the mental health of LGBTQ+ young adults who were confined with their parents during the lockdown period (N = 1,934), from six countries: Portugal, UK, Italy, Brazil, Chile, and Sweden. South American participants experienced more negative psychosocial effects of the pandemic. Depression and anxiety were higher among participants who were younger, not working, living in Europe and who reported feeling more emotionally affected by the pandemic, uncomfortable at home, or isolated from non-LGBTQ friends. Not attending higher education predicted depression while not being totally confined at home, residing habitually with parents, and fearing more future infection predicted anxiety. LGBTQ+ community groups, as well as health and educational services should remain particularly attentive to the needs of LGBTQ+ young adults during health crises.

"We have to do a lot of healing": LGBTQ migrant Latinas resisting and healing from systemic violence.

Using narratives from oral histories of LGBTQ migrant Latinas in Los Angeles, California, and Mexico City, Mexico, this article argues that, despite experiences of oppression, the narrators practice resistance in their daily lives. The article first addresses how the narrators confront conditions of detainability and deportability, making survival a constant struggle. It then presents different ways in which the narrators engage in resistance, from survival to community building and activism. Finally, it argues that healing is a key factor in the narrators' resistance-healing functions as both a tool for and outcome of resistance.

Dilemas da visualidade jornalística das violências contra pessoas LGBTQ+ e contra mulheres heterossexuais no Brasil / Dilemmas of journalistic visibility of violence against LGBTQ+ people and against heterosexual women in Brazil / Dilemas de la visualidad periodística de las violencias contra personas LGBTQ+ y contra mujeres heterosexuales en Brasil

Nos textos jornalísticos, chama a atenção a diferença entre as imagens de casos de violência contra a mulher cisgênero e heterossexual e as contra pessoas LGBTQ+. Tratando-se das pessoas LGBTQ+, as imagens costumam ser brutais, com exposição de sangue e de corpos feridos por armas diversas. Já a cobertura de casos de violência contra a mulher cis e heterossexual é diametralmente oposta: as imagens tendem a ser pouco contundentes, muitas vezes mostrando paisagens de lugares onde ocorreram os crimes, em alguns casos mostrando os rostos de agressores e vítimas, nunca cenas de sangue ou corpos com marcas de agressão. Neste artigo, tomamos a instabilidade textual como ponto de partida para refletirmos sobre o contraste entre os modos de tratamento jornalístico conferidos no Brasil a essas duas violências e o que impacta no entendimento acerca das relações que conformam a visualidade e a cultura visual.

In Brazilian journalistic texts, the difference between the images of cases of violence against cis and heterosexual women and those against LGBTQ+ people are astonishing. In the case of LGBTQ+ people, the images are usually brutal, with exposure of blood and bodies injured by various weapons. The coverage of cases of violence against cis and heterosexual women is the opposite: the images tend to be inconclusive, often showing landscapes of places where crimes occurred, sometimes showing the faces of perpetrators and victims and never scenes of blood or bodies with marks of aggression. In this article, we take the textual instability as a starting point to reflect on the contrast between the ways of journalistic treatment in Brazil conferred to these two violences and what impacts on the understanding about the relations that conform the visuality and the visual culture.

En los textos periodísticos, llama la atención la diferencia entre las imágenes de casos de violencia contra la mujer cis heterosexual y las contra personas LGBTQ+. Tratándose de las personas LGBTQ+, las imágenes suelen ser brutales, con exposición de sangre y de cuerpos heridos por armas diversas. La cobertura de casos de violencia contra la mujer cis heterosexual es diametralmente opuesta: las imágenes tienden a ser poco contundentes, muchas veces mostrando paisajes de lugares donde ocurrieron los crímenes, en algunos momentos mostrando los rostros de agresores y víctimas y nunca escenas de sangre o cuerpos con marcas de agresión. En este artículo tomamos la inestabilidad textual como punto de partida para reflexionar sobre el contraste entre los modos de tratamiento periodístico en Brasil conferidos a esas dos violencias y lo que impacta en el entendimiento acerca de las relaciones que conforman la visualidad y la cultura visual.