Dinâmicas territoriais na cidade de Chapecó na perspectiva de mulheres trans/travestis

Abstract

Trans women and travestis are present in our society; however, they are often made invisible through the organization and use of spaces, where they are placed on the margins of social life. Nevertheless, we live in a of relentless globalization, and with that, society is changing, opening up new possibilities. One of the key transformations has been the increasing visibility of a social group made up of diverse bodies that produce and transform spaces through social interactions and bringing different perspectives on thinking about territories, (re)defining their uses and possibilities. But, even with such progress, we must question whether all bodies have access to the same spaces. Despite all the work already done in favor of inclusion and the right to occupy spaces, our society is still unequal with deeply rooted conservative and economically-driven rules that rely on a cisheteronormative gender hierarchy. When talking about newer cities like Chapecó, the situation is similar. The city's developmment focuses primarily on economic and industrial growth, following a standardized model that optimizes profits and concentrate power, not seeing investment in diversity as a "financial asset." Trans women/travestis are an active part of the LGBTQIA+ community and, in general, they are the ones who suffer retaliation the most for living their true selves outside of the cisgender norm that dominates society and has been reproduced, generally, in an authoritarian way. We bring the notion of intersectionality to discuss the issue of diversity in inclusion. We seek to problematize elements of the use and conceptions of territory and the issue of gender diversity in Chapecó, especially regarding trans women/travestis. To do so, we raise and analyze elements from which we perceive limitations in terms of space occupation from the perspective of intersectionality and the occupation of spaces by this group in question