Memórias de Resistências: experiências de uma mulher transgênero na universidade

Abstract

This research aims to reflect on the challenges, struggles, and resistances faced by transgender women in the academic context, using the author's narratives as a backdrop. The study seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of the experiences of transgender bodies in higher education and to foster discussions on the need for inclusive policies that ensure the retention and graduation of transgender individuals in universities. The methodology was based on exploratory research and narrative inquiry, as these approaches enable reflections rooted in both theoretical and empirical studies while valuing personal experience and subjectivity. This perspective highlights the barriers imposed by the heteronormative system, which continues to reproduce patriarchal social ideals within the academic field. The research findings reveal a context marked by challenges that go beyond those commonly faced by students, involving issues of prejudice, discrimination, and social exclusion, which reflect the profound inequalities of sex, gender, and identity still present in contemporary society.

Keywords: (Auto)Biographical Narrative Inquiry, Transgender Studies, Trans Woman, Travesti, University