BULLYING ESCOLAR TRANSFÓBICO: VIOLAÇÃO DE DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS

Abstract

Transphobic school bullying can be understood as constant acts of violence, due to the person's gender identity, that is, the individual who is born with a biological sex, but does not identify with it. This research investigated the incidence of transphobic bullying in a school environment at Escola Municipal Profa. Natalia Moraes de Oliveira, Sidrolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul. The research problem consisted of evaluating transphobic school bullying, as well as the mechanisms for identification, prevention and assistance at school. The objective was to evaluate transphobic bullying at Escola Municipal Profa. Natália Moraes de Oliveira, Sidrolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul. The methodology adopted was a quantitative, exploratory, descriptive approach, of a transversal nature, seeking to discover and identify the exposure between the “variables, as well as those investigating the causal relationship between phenomena . The justification for this dissertation was the need to explore and understand the phenomenon of transphobic school bullying at Escola Municipal Profa. Natália Moraes de Oliveira, Sidrolândia, given the difficulty of educational institutions in identifying, assisting and especially referring children and adolescents who are victims of this violence. The results show that 51.4% of teachers witnessed acts of threat or swearing in a school environment. Furthermore, the study reveals that 67.6% of teachers noticed acts of transphobic school bullying among students. When asked about the display of photographs of colleagues with the intention of humiliation, the data shows that 83.8% did not witness these attitudes. In terms of jokes, rumors, lies or comments intended to commit bullying, 59.5% responded that they witnessed them sporadically. When asked about the disclosure of secrets, information or compromising photos, 73% of the sample responded that they never noticed. Regarding the intentional exclusion of colleagues from study groups due to transphobia, 77.8% responded that they never noticed. Furthermore, when asked whether the school has support for cases of transphobic school bullying, 57.1% responded that they had never witnessed such assistance. Therefore, it is concluded that schools, in many cases, do not know how to identify transphobic school bullying, so teachers and school managers do not understand how to act to combat this type of violence.

Descriptors: Bullying. Transphobia. Health. Gender law.