"My dream has always been to wear a Melissa"

challenges of the queer child in school physical education

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i22.60113

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The aim of this exploratory qualitative study was to analyze how queer children are treated at school and in Physical Education classes. Interviews were conducted with eight university men. The data was analyzed from a post-structuralist theoretical-methodological perspective and subjected to content analysis, from which four categories of analysis emerged: 1) perceiving oneself as a queer child; 2) moral harassment and physical violence; 3) the school; 4) Physical Education classes. The results indicate that there is no improvement in the treatment of queer children at school: they are the target of derogatory actions at school and especially in Physical Education classes.

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Nathan Jesus da Silva, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Master's student in Border Studies, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Bachelor's degree in Physical Education.

Renan Deniz Arruda Aldama, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Bachelor's degree in Physical Education.

Rogério Zaim-de-Melo, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

PhD in Brazilian Education; Professor of Physical Education at the Pantanal Campus of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Permanent lecturer in the Postgraduate Program in Border Studies, PPGEFron/CPAN/UFMS, and Cultural Studies, PPGECult/CPAQ/UFMS.

Marcelo Victor da Rosa, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Doctor of Education; Professor of Physical Education at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Permanent lecturer in the Postgraduate Program in Education, PPGEDU/FAED/UFMS, and Cultural Studies, PPGECult/CPAQ/UFMS.

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2025-09-04

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da Silva, N. J., Arruda Aldama, R. D., Zaim-de-Melo, R., & da Rosa, M. V. (2025). "My dream has always been to wear a Melissa": challenges of the queer child in school physical education. Revista Periódicus, 1(22), 193–210. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i22.60113

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Vol. 1 No. 22 (2025): Continuous Article Publishing

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