"Mona, I don't have to teach you"

reflections on non-binarity of gender, interpellation and psi practice

Abstract

Despite the recent changes and social and political advances that non-binary people have been conquering in recent years, adopting this gender identity in Brazil still means facing major challenges, so present in trans populations: the lack of social recognition (including within the community LGBTQIAP+), the invisibilization of specific demands in health care (physical, mental and social), the different forms of transphobia and social and affective isolation. In the first part of this article, based on the report of my experience in the master's degree in Social Psychology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, we will discuss the importance of qualified and up-to-date training in gender and sexuality issues in undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology. In the second part, based on the narrative of Mab's story (a non-binary person who participated in the field phase of the research), we will observe the dilemmas of fluidity and social interpellations in the construction of a non-binary identity.