Isabella Vitral Pinto1, Silvânia Suely de Araújo Andrade2, Leandra Lofego Rodrigues3, Maria Aline Siqueira Santos2, Marina Melo Arruda Marinho4, Luana Andrade Benício4, Renata Sakai de Barros Correia5, Maurício Polidoro6, Daniel Canavese7. 1. Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2. Departamento de Ações Programáticas Estratégica, Secretaria de Atenção Primária em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil. 3. Coordenação Geral de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis e Promoção da Saúde, Departamento de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos Não Transmissíveis e Promoção da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil. 4. , Coordenação Geral de Atributos da Atenção Primária, Departamento de Saúde da Família, Secretaria de Atenção Primária em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil. 5. Coordenação Geral de Informações e Análises Epidemiológicas, Departamento de Análise em Saúde e Vigilância de Doenças Não Transmissíveis, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil. 6. Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. 7. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the profile of notifications of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, from 2015 to 2017. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with secondary data on records of violence against LGBT people. The study population included individuals aged 10 and older with homosexual or bisexual orientation as well as transvestites or transgender identities. RESULTS: Throughout the study period, 24,564 reports of violence were recorded. Regarding the victim's profile, 69.1% were 20 to 59 years old, 50.0% were black, 46.6% were transsexual or transvestites and 57.6% were homosexual, of which 32.6% were lesbian and 25.0%, gay. In all age groups, the most frequent nature of violence was physical violence (75.0%). The probable author was male in 66.2% of the cases, being intimate partners the most frequent aggressors (27.2%), followed by strangers (16.5%). CONCLUSION: This study expands knowledge of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, reinforces the need to report these events and improve quality of information on individual's sexual orientation and gender identity in order to produce evidence to support actions to tackle this problem.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the profile of notifications of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, from 2015 to 2017. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with secondary data on records of violence against LGBT people. The study population included individuals aged 10 and older with homosexual or bisexual orientation as well as transvestites or transgender identities. RESULTS: Throughout the study period, 24,564 reports of violence were recorded. Regarding the victim's profile, 69.1% were 20 to 59 years old, 50.0% were black, 46.6% were transsexual or transvestites and 57.6% were homosexual, of which 32.6% were lesbian and 25.0%, gay. In all age groups, the most frequent nature of violence was physical violence (75.0%). The probable author was male in 66.2% of the cases, being intimate partners the most frequent aggressors (27.2%), followed by strangers (16.5%). CONCLUSION: This study expands knowledge of violence against LGBT people in Brazil, reinforces the need to report these events and improve quality of information on individual's sexual orientation and gender identity in order to produce evidence to support actions to tackle this problem.
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