Arco-íris em preto e branco: vivências de professores gays no exercício da docência em escolas do cariri paraibano

Abstract

This work seeks to understand the construction and experience process of sexual identity of gay teachers in school institutions in municipalities in the interior of Paraiba. Having the Cariri region of Paraiba as the research locus, our research has sought to observe the socialization processes that occur in school institutions in that region. Considering that the socialization processes taking place in the region are guided by patriarchal, chauvinistic, sexist ways of thinking and anchored in heteronormativity and evaluated by the religion9s fundamentalism Christian, we have sought to observe the teaching experience practice by gay teachers in the school context. Making use of the theoretical contributions of sociology and through the instrumentalization of the qualitative method, we will seek to identify the expression´s forms and resistance of gay teachers to the several ways of social disciplining within school institutions where they work. It complements the methodological instrument to the analysis of educational documents and guidelines, in the sense to realize how the educational system addresses issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school spaces, highlighting the gender identity and sexual orientation of teachers. After analyzing observations recorded in the field diary, it became clear that need to discuss homophobia manifested in subtle ways and the subjectivity of violence, including for the very subjects who suffer discrimination and silencing. In addition to this understanding what affects gays subjects, it is necessary to communicate plurality within educational environments with a view to the citizen construction of a more inclusive society that learns to live diversity and its peculiarities.