Abstract

SOUZA, Carolina de et al. Violence against lesbian/ bisexual women and vulnerability in health: a literature review. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.2, pp.437-453.  Epub Aug 31, 2021. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/21psd220210.

Violence and psychosocial stressors related to experiences of discrimination based on sexual orientation are associated with negative health outcomes and decreased life expectancy of lesbian and bisexual women across the lifespan. This study aimed to analyze the scientific production regardind violence perpetrated against homosexual and bisexual women. The integrative review included articles published in the period 2006 to 2019, indexed in the PubMed, LILACS and PsycINFO databases, based on the descriptors in health sciences: violence against women, female homosexuality, bisexuality, battered women, health. Eleven articles were selected, most of them show cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative design. The results show that the LGBT population as a whole is recurrently subjected to various types of violence, especially women who are part of this social segment, which are doubly victimized, since violent manifestations due to sexual orientation overlap with gender violence. Violence against lesbian and bisexual women represents a serious public health problem, aggravated by the fact that it remains hidden by a veil of invisibility.

Keywords : Violence against women; lesbianism; bisexuality.

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