Aspectos psicossociais da homofobia intrafamiliar e saúde de jovens lésbicas e gays

Abstract

The number of studies on different aspects of homophobia has grown significantly in the last ten years. However there is a lack of studies that analyze the psychosocial aspects involving experiences of LGBT youth by situations of violence and its consequences on their health. The present article reports the results of a research that aimed to analyses as are the situations of homophobia in the context of family relationships experienced by lesbian and gay youth, examining the psychosocial aspects of them processes of rupture or temporary or permanent familiar bond. The hypothesis confirmed during these years of research is that prejudice is articulated in the family context as a device to legitimize the violence and consequently causes the rupture of the bond, temporary or permanent among lesbian and gay youth and their families, which leads often leading to or expulsion from the house of the parents in complex circumstances and often painful.