“The primary barrier to achieving health well-being for the trans and transvestite community is the pathologization of our corporalities”. Interview with Anastasia María Benavente on the right to health of trans people
The health and well-being experiences of trans people have been insufficiently explored in occupational therapy. To address this issue from the situated and leading perspective of the community, we present an interview with Anastasia María Benavente – a researcher, educator, actress, performer, and...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR-DTO) |
| Repositorio: | Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br:article/3768 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/3768 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Transgender Persons Gender Identity Gender and Health Gender Rights Gender Perspective Medicalization Personas Transgénero Identidad de Género Género y Salud Derechos de Género Perspectiva de Género Medicalización Pessoas Transgênero Identidade de Gênero Gênero e Saúde Direitos de Gênero Perspectiva de Gênero Medicalização |
| Sumario: | The health and well-being experiences of trans people have been insufficiently explored in occupational therapy. To address this issue from the situated and leading perspective of the community, we present an interview with Anastasia María Benavente – a researcher, educator, actress, performer, and activist within the trans-transvestite community. This text reviews legislative advancements and challenges surrounding gender identity laws in Chile, drawing comparisons with the Argentine experience. It outlines the structural violence faced by trans individuals and how this violence generates inequalities in access to work, health, and well-being, ultimately lowering their life expectancy compared to cisgender people. Additionally, it examines the barriers that the trans and transvestite community encounters in health care, emphasizing how insufficient gender-related education among health professionals perpetuates the pathologization of trans bodies. Finally, the interviewee discusses her doctoral research, highlighting the historical development of collective survival strategies and knowledge within the trans-transvestite community, calling for occupational therapy to adopt a critical stance on both structural inequalities and the agency of these communities. |
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