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As questões do envelhecimento constituem cada vez mais um foco de estudo nas ciências sociais. No entanto, o tema da sexualidade associado a pessoas idosas permanece silenciado socialmente, na sequência de perspetivas idadistas dominantes. Em consequência, a realidade institucional força, muitas vezes, a uma adaptação do comportamento por parte das pessoas idosas, particularmente desafiante para pessoas idosas LGBTQIA+. Percebe-se, assim, que, na maioria dos casos, estas pessoas se sentem obrigadas a esconder a sua identidade. Neste sentido, o presente estudo objetivou compreender, através de entrevistas semiestruturadas a profissionais portuguesas de instituições residenciais para pessoas idosas, de que forma a orientação sexual, a identidade de género, a expressão de género e/ou caraterísticas sexuais influenciam a vida das pessoas idosas institucionalizadas.
Aging issues are increasingly becoming a focus of study in the social sciences field. However, the topic of older people’s sexuality remains socially silenced, due to the ageist dominant perspectives. As a result, institutional reality forces an adaptation of the behavior of older people, particularly challenging for LGBTQIA+ older people, realizing that, in most cases, they feel obliged to hide their identity. Therefore, this study is aimed at understanding, through semi-structured interviews with professionals from residential institutions for older people, how sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sexual characteristics influence the lives of institutionalized older people.
Aging issues are increasingly becoming a focus of study in the social sciences field. However, the topic of older people’s sexuality remains socially silenced, due to the ageist dominant perspectives. As a result, institutional reality forces an adaptation of the behavior of older people, particularly challenging for LGBTQIA+ older people, realizing that, in most cases, they feel obliged to hide their identity. Therefore, this study is aimed at understanding, through semi-structured interviews with professionals from residential institutions for older people, how sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and/or sexual characteristics influence the lives of institutionalized older people.
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LGBTQIA+ Envelhecimento Sexualidade Institucionalização Aging Sexuality Institutionalization