Lesbianism and the Academic Training in Psychology in the Interior of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This narrative aims to address the problem of the scarcity of research, studies, disciplines and approaches on the specificities of the demands of lesbian women and their modes of subjectivation in Psychology training, discussing the ethical impacts of this context on psi practices. Furthermore, it proposes to discuss the (lack of) public policies that guarantee the rights of these women. To this end, through the implicated writing, I bring personal experiences as a lesbian graduate student in Psychology at the Fluminense Federal University at the University Campus of Rio das Ostras, located in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro. In addition, bibliographic references are used in order to theoretically support the discussions. Thus, a narrative is made about the silencing in the academy about the lesbian experience and its modes of subjectivation and the effects on the psychologist's practice, in order to provoke reflections and (de)constructions of knowledge and promote a collective construction of a profession and ethical, non-neutral, scientific and academic training committed to lesbian women.