“Temos tanto para contar...”: representações sociais da maternidade com filhas/os assumidas/os LGBTQIAPN+

Abstract

The present study aimed to understand the social representations of motherhood with mothers who had their sons/daughters assumed as LGBTQIAPN+. For this, the theoretical support of the Central Core Theory (CCT) was used in interface with gender and sexuality studies of today. Specifically, we sought, initially, to describe the central and peripheral beliefs in the maternal experience of the participants of this study during the coming out process, popularly known as "coming out of the closet", besides the investigation of the social representations of maternity, we also sought to reflect on how the context of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on family relationships with LGBTQIAPN+ sons/daughters. This was, therefore, descriptive qualitative research. For this purpose, reports were collected from 12 participants who, in turn, are part of the national collective "Mothers of Resistance". These meetings were carried out through four rounds of conversations in the digital platforms Google Meet and Zoom. Trigger texts involving the lived experiences of women in motherhood and in society were used in three moments, in addition to a text about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of LGBTQIAPN+. The accounts were then analyzed using Iramuteq software. The main results point out that the Social Representations of maternity are coated with naturalizing beliefs about maternity; it brings the centrality in the sons/daughter and in the solitary experience that involves this experience, besides the accountability that the social context imposes. Additionally, expectations, feelings of guilt, among other psychic sufferings are recurrent approaches that appear when it comes to the emotional aspects evoked. Finally, the need to search for formal learning about the context of sexual minorities (diverse sex gender), through scientific knowledge to deconstruct stereotyped ideas, and through group support, they seem to be related to the reduction of benefits in the mental health of all those involved in the process of coming out of the closet. However, this study does not intend to exhaust all possibilities of investigation, but rather to weave reflections and problematizations on the LGBTQIAPN+ family dynamics, from the maternal perspective, in a country that most violently and kills minority groups in the world from the perspective of machismo and patriarchy.