Os debates sobre a diversidade sexual e a identidade de gênero no Serviço Social: perspectivas a partir do XVII Enpess

Abstract

This work seeks to understand how Social Work has been addressing the LGBTI+ issue in its research. To this end, we analyzed 24 articles published on the issue in the proceedings of the XVII National Meeting of Social Work Researchers. This process consisted of a full reading of the articles, guided by five guiding axes: "conservatism and LGBTI+phobia," "public policies and human rights," "social movements and political organization," "professional practice of social workers," and "references used." The research uses the materialist-historical-dialectical method as a way to understand the reality, the profession, and the oppression against LGBTI+ people present in Brazil since its invasion. As a result, we observed that the 2022 Enpess research focuses heavily on public policies and the ways in which conservatism and LGBTI+phobia are daily reconstructed in the service of the interests of the capitalist mode of production. Regarding professional practice, the productions are smaller in number, but nevertheless present important elements for examining the issue.