Transexualidade e acolhimento na biblioteca universitária: fundamentos estruturados no protagonismo social

Abstract

This study has been developed with the goal of problematizing and pointing the importance of the creation of policies to protect and serve the marginalized communities. It has as its main grouping the transsexual population, in information units through social transformation agency in the fields of Librarianship and Information Science. This academic work has sought to provoke reflections regarding to the role of the librarian as a social agent on the protection and empowerment of the Trans population. Thus, by utilizing literature revision and scientometry, this research has performed a dense critical and social analysis, aiming to contextualize and comprehend the current reality of this population in society, considering the different representative aspects of the cultural identity of these individuals. It has also sought to investigate the proceeding of the librarian concerning the social demands that exist in the present times and the training of these professionals when facing the cultural diversities of their users. The information unit that was utilized in the research was the University Library, in order to considerate the access and inclusion policies, however, the purposeful measures fit into all types of informational centers. Methodologically, this research has also analyzed the data survey collected through the scientific production about subjects related to the Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transexual and Transvestite community, to verify the interest and bias of Librarianship and Information Science. As a result, it was clear that the interest in the proposed subject is still restrained and moderate, reinforcing the presence of conservatism in both these knowledge fields. Therefore, it has been concluded that the reformulation and restructuration over the social commitment on Information Science and Librarianship is indispensable and, consequently, so is reaching the fundamental basis of the fields’ professionals.