Exploring health care for transgender people in the Brazilian health system: Qualitative descriptive-interpretative study

Abstract

The guarantee of rights in Brazil is legitimized through its Constitution of the Republic and its national health system needs to follow a list of prerogatives that include, also, transgender people. Currently there are situations in which the expectation of rights is broken and the free exercise of life of this population is prevented. This article analyzes access to health services by trans people in the health system in Brazil. The investigation was carried out in cities in the metropolitan region of a municipality in southeastern Brazil, through qualitative, exploratory and descriptive-interpretive research. The trans population faces many difficulties in accessing the services that make up the Brazilian Health System, such as the lack of qualification of health professionals, barriers to the use of the social name and structural prejudices in society.