Publications by authors named "Helena M Cortes"

Purpose: To analyze the route that transgender men take to gain access to the treatments that are available for going through the transsexualizing process at a public care and attendance center in one of the capital cities of north-eastern Brazil.

Methods: A qualitative case study which used the therapeutic itinerary as a theoretical-methodological path. The research was carried out between the months of September 2019 and March 2020 in a care and attendance center for trans people.

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Objective: To analyze the structure and contents of transgender women's social representations of their bodies and body modification practices.

Methods: Research conducted with 92 women using the Snowball technique. The data were collected using the free evocation of words technique and processed by the Evoc software, which organized the central and peripheral elements.

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