Resistances of Gender and Sexualities in Psychology: Dissident Modes of Life in Formation

Abstract

This study critically analyzes the formative processes in Psychology in Brazil, considering the 50th anniversary of the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP) and the tensions between normativity and dissidence. Based on documentary analysis and situated knowledge, it discusses how curricula and formative practices intertwine with dissident modes of life, especially those shaped by markers of gender and sexuality based on an intersectional perspective. Psychology training configures a territory of dispute in which critical - feminist, decolonial, anti-ableist, and anti-racist - epistemologies oppose normalization devices historically rooted in pathologizing and exclusionary practices. Dissident bodies, activism, and minority experiences intersect the weaving of knowledge and practices that destabilize disciplinary logic. The curriculum is understood as a network of knowledge in constant negotiation that produce subjectivities and resistant forms-of-life. This study also reflects on the CFP normative achievements in coping with structural violence, defending human rights, and acknowledging the ongoing challenges the profession face amid ideological and political disputes. This study defends an ethical, critical, and situated formation that commits itself to social transformation and the dignity of historically silenced subjectivities.

Keywords:
Psychology; Curriculum; Dissidence