This study aims to contribute to the contemporary debate in relation to psychology, human rights and sexual diversity. The first part will expose the current discussions about the relationship between human rights and psychological evaluation, their contributions and limitations. Then it will be discussed the definition of human rights and its relation to sexual diversity. The third part will present the historical treatment that psychology, especially the psychological evaluation gave to the issue of sexual diversity and its repercussion in the human rights. The fourth part will examine the Inventário Fatorial de Personalidade (IFP) identifying the discriminatory biases. Finally, it will be presented what it is expected of a psychology attentive to the ethical presuppositions that underlie human rights and that contribute to the building of 21st century knowledge.
Psychological assessment; Sexual diversity; Human rights; Social equality
