TRANSSEXUAL POPULATION - MENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY CASE REPORT

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2164152403072

• Palavras-chave: Transgender; social vulnerability and family.

• Keywords: Transgender; social vulnerability and family.

• Abstract:

  Since 1998, the Transdisciplinary Gender Identity Program (PROTIG) at the ``Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre`` (HCPA) has served transgender people seeking gender-affirmative treatment offered in a public health service specializing in gender in southern Brazil. This article aims to report the case of a patient, a transsexual woman and her psychosocial particularities that intensely cross her life. It is known that the trans population tends to experience numerous situations of inequality and is more subject to social vulnerability than the general population. The case report is based on professional practice with HCPA's PROTIG and reflections on the situation of greater social vulnerability faced by the trans population in Brazil.