“Against the tide”: a view at the ways of being a gay man

Authors

  • Enny Ewerton Ferreira Santos
  • Suely Emilia de Barros Santos Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE - Campus Garanhuns http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-7487
  • Jailton Bezerra Melo Faculdade Campos Elíseos (FCE) - São Paulo - SP http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3076-1217
  • João Ricard Pereira da Silva Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE - Campus Garanhuns

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i14.31882

Abstract

Abstract: Our paper seeks to understand the meaning of being a gay man. Using a qualitative and documentary research,
in an existential phenomenological approach based on Heidegger, six cisgender gay men’s narratives transcriptions shown
in the movie Bichas, o documentário were analyzed, in light of Analytical Sense. From the analysis of the narratives, and
in dialogue with the academic literature on masculinities, we could reflect upon the narrators experience as gay men,
revealing a meaning: being a gay man proved to be a way of being accompanied by suffering and resistance. According to
this unveiling, we also raise some thoughts and questions about the duty of Psychology in an ethical-political dimension, in
the understanding and accompaniment of the phenomena emerging from LGBTI community and psychologist praxis.
Keywords: Masculinities. Gay men. Clinical psychology.

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Author Biographies

Enny Ewerton Ferreira Santos

Psicólogo, especialista em Psicologia Clínica.

Suely Emilia de Barros Santos, Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE - Campus Garanhuns

Psicóloga. Doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (UNICAP). Professora Adjunta da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE – Campus Garanhuns). Coordena a Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde Mental, o grupo de pesquisa: LACS - Laboratório de Estudos em Ação Clínica e Saúde – UPE/CNPq, e o Serviço de Atenção Psicológica – SAP/UPE. Membro do GT – Prática Psicológica em Instituições: atenção, desconstrução e invenção da ANPEPP. Principais temas de interesse na interseção ensino-pesquisa-extensão: Ação Clínica no Viver Cotidiano, Prática Psicológica na Rua, Saúde, Comunidades Tradicionais e Rurais, Sofrimento e Cuidado em Saúde Mental, e Formação Acadêmica e Docente.

Jailton Bezerra Melo, Faculdade Campos Elíseos (FCE) - São Paulo - SP

Professor de Psicologia no curso de Licenciatura Plena em Pedagogia, na Faculdade Campos Elíseos. Doutorando em Psicologia Escolar e do Desenvolvimento Humano, no Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Psicólogo com experiência no Centro de Cidadania LGBTI da Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo e no Programa TransCidadania.

João Ricard Pereira da Silva, Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE - Campus Garanhuns

Psicólogo, Mestre em Psicologia Clínica (Unicap), Doutor em Antropologia (UFPE).

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Published

2021-04-10

How to Cite

Santos, E. E. F., Santos, S. E. de B., Melo, J. B., & Silva, J. R. P. da. (2021). “Against the tide”: a view at the ways of being a gay man. Revista Periódicus, 2(14), 79–102. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i14.31882

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 14 (2020): Número 14 - Volume 2

Section

Free section

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