Abstract
Since its emergence as a scientific discourse, psychology has produced different descriptions of sexual and gender diversity varying from pathologizing and stigmatizing approaches to critical and politically engaged ones. Researches denounces prejudiced professional positions of professionals who work to avoid or to reverse the homosexuality or consider this like a ‘failure’ or ‘detour’. In this context, this research analyze meanings about sexual diversity and psychological practice constructed by primary care services, psychologist who have participated in a workshop for professional qualification in LGBT issues. The research included two group meetings with 12 psychologists conducted in February and March of 2016, in which contemporary notions of gender and sexuality were discussed as well as resources and challenges in professional practices. The meetings were recorded and transcribed. From the workshop we have multiple meanings about sexual diversity and about the work with the LGBT population. The results are presents in two axes: a) From the traditional to contemporary: polyvocality and polyphony about sexual diversity; b) From difficulty to commitment: the constant innovation of psychological practices. The analysis highlights the multiplicity of meanings in the field of the production of care in psychology and the different understandings reverberate in practices sometimes conservatives and normatized, sometimes depathologizing.
Sexual Diversity; Psychology; Social Constructionism; Public Health; Primary Care