Parenthood Pathways

inventions and disobediences of trans and non-binary people

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i24.61775

Abstract

Parenting, though widely studied, is still read through a normative model that fails to encompass the complexity running through care practices. The experiences of trans and non-binary people, often invisible, expose this inadequacy. This qualitative, cross-sectional, retrospective study investigated the trajectories of two trans women and one non-binary person in the practice of parenting, examining singularities, barriers, and strategies deployed in contexts of family exclusion, economic vulnerability, and precarious institutional settings. The analysis showed that care is not the enactment of a predefined role, but an inventive and relational process, based on negotiations, improvisations and unstable alliances. Such experiences reveal that all parenting is performative and permeable to fissures and deviations. The findings point to the need for inclusive policies, continuing education of healthcare professionals, and support networks that legitimize these many ways of doing family.

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Eduarda Duarte Meireles, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Psychologist from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). Associate member of the Sigmund Freud Psychoanalytic Association.

Euge Stumm, University of Miami

Ph.D. candidate in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies at the University of Miami. He holds a master’s degree in psychology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre.

Daniela Centenaro Levandowski, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Psychologist with a master’s and a doctorate in Developmental Psychology (UFRGS), and postdoctoral training in Psychology (PUCRS) and Perinatal Mental Health (City University of London). Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Psychology and Health Sciences, UFCSPA. Recipient of a CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship. Coordinator of NEEDS UFCSPA (Center for Studies in Development and Health).

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2026-06-30

How to Cite

Duarte Meireles, E., Stumm, E., & Centenaro Levandowski, D. (2026). Parenthood Pathways: inventions and disobediences of trans and non-binary people. Revista Periódicus, 1(24), 133–167. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i24.61775

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Vol. 1 No. 24 (2026): Continuous Article Publishing

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