Non-binary identities

psychoanalytic listening as a means to the subversion of binary

Abstract

Binarism is understood as the dichotomous way of perceiving reality, which is increasingly inflexible, which helps in the emergence of binarisms that constitute social structures. Therefore, this study intends to approach the binary conceptions of gender, which permeate the current Brazilian society. In addition to cisgender people, there are also people of transgender gender identity and, within that group, non-binary transgender people. Gradually this community has conquered spaces and ruled that there are possibilities of identification beyond the woman/man dichotomy and their respective gender roles. This research aims to understand how psychoanalytic listening can be a tool for strengthening non-binary people in the face of a world immersed in cisnormativity and binarism, in order to contribute to its subversion. Thus, psychoanalysis cannot abstain from the dialogues that emerge in the social and political environment, as well as other aspects of Psychology. It is necessary to be active and sensitive in the face of non-cisgender ways of experiencing gender identities. With this, a narrative review of the literature was carried out from the SciELO databases and the Institutional Repositories of UFJF, UFBA and UFRGS; in addition to books and other references, such as audiovisual materials shown on YouTube. Finally, it is expected that reflections on ethical listening in psychoanalysis and on the naturalization of cisgenderism will be favored. The objective is also to provide visibility to the non-binary population, which is still excluded from spaces, in addition to being pathologized in the field of Health.