Na parada do poder : contribuições do empreendedorismo para o empoderamento LGBTQIAPN+

Abstract

This study aimed to tell the story of three LGBTQIAPN+ microentrepreneurs, with formalized and active businesses in the state of Sergipe, who recognize themselves as female and who provide hairdressing, manicure and pedicure services, according to CNAE 9602-5/01. Thus, the main objective becomes the understanding of how entrepreneurship can contribute to the empowerment of the LGBTQIAP+ population in Sergipe. This study is classified as exploratory and of a qualitative nature applied through a script of semi-structured questions. The analysis revealed that the group of interviewed MEIs includes women between the ages of twenty and thirty-three, two of whom are male, have homosexual orientation and a transgender gender identity, present themselves in different levels of education and social classes, in general single, but living with a partner, in most cases. They have brown and black skin color, and their financial income varies between one and three minimum wages. It was also observed, in the process of creating these ventures, that most of these businesses are located in the home and that the main reasons that led them to become entrepreneurs were: a) search for financial independence; b) difficulties in adapting to the workplace; c) the dream of putting professional skills into practice; d) the need to have a CNPJ and, E) the need for an income source. The formalization processes occurred through accounting professionals, the entrepreneur's house, and in a personal way, most of them without costs and without major bureaucracy for the micro entrepreneur. We found in this study reports of a support network in the creative process, namely: a) Sebrae/SE; B) Development agents; c) Accounting professionals; d) Financial institution; e) Educational institution; f) City hall and f) husband. One can also notice that, in the findings of this research, entrepreneurship collaborated to the empowerment process of these women that, in their statements, left clearly evidenced the role of transformation that work, through entrepreneurship, played in their lives. Through entrepreneurship, the interviewees gained several achievements, including confidence, self-assurance, increased and gained selfesteem, access to things and places, and the regained awareness of their role as LGBTQIAP+ in the process of conquests.