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A violência contra gays em ambiente escolar

2011

This article aims at examining different forms of violence perpetrated against gay youth. In order to achieve our goal we interviewed 20 male college students who perceived themselves as gays. The data collected indicated that schools are spaces prone of conflict where different forms of homophobic violence take place involving gay students, teachers, members of the school staff and other students. They also showed that all the interviewees went through excruciating forms of embarrassment due to their real or perceived sexual orientation that can be held responsible for serious psychosomatic traumas.