Homossexualidade nas organizações : práticas discriminatórias e estratégias de sobrevivência

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the discriminatory practices and strategies of homosexual survival in Aracajuan organizations. His descriptive, exploratory and qualitative work, his data were collected through interviews with semi-structured script and analyzed with the aid of the technique of narrative analysis. The interviews were conducted with six male homosexuals who work in private organizations based in the city of Aracaju. The appreciation of the interviews revealed that these individuals suffer prejudice and discrimination within the organizational environment, both veiled and explicit. In this way, the interviewees use strategies to be free of the discriminatory practices present in the work environment. These strategies, here called survival strategies, generate constant tensions and weary these individuals emotionally, because in addition to dealing with the whole dynamics of work, sometimes they are forced to develop measures that can camouflage their sexual orientations. Such measures seem to directly interfere with professional achievement and development, since they repress feelings and inhibit spontaneous behaviors of these people in a space that should be devoted to purely professional issues. Individuals adhering to the so-called "unassuming" and "partially assumed" survival strategies sought to avoid prejudice and discriminatory practices. Already those who adopted the strategy "totally assumed" went to the confrontation. Finally, it was noticed that there is a clear deficiency with respect to diversity policies within the analyzed organizations, this reflects in the scenario found, qualified as predominantly biased and discriminatory.