TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Gender violence perpetrated against trans women JO - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem A1 - Silva, Izabel Cristina Brito da A1 - Araújo, Ednaldo Cavalcante de A1 - Santana, Alef Diogo da Silva A1 - Moura, Jefferson Wildes da Silva A1 - Ramalho, Marclineide Nóbrega de Andrade A1 - Abreu, Paula Daniella de SP - e20210173 EP - e20210173 VL - 75 IS - Suppl 2 N2 - OBJECTIVES: to identify scientific evidence on gender violence perpetrated against trans women.

METHODS: integrative review, carried out in June 2020, without time frame, in the Scopus, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, WoS, PsycInfo and LILACS databases. The controlled descriptors of DeCS, MeSH and their entry terms were used: "Transgender People", "Transgender", "Gender Identity", "Transsexuality", "Gender Violence", "Aggression", "Sexual Offenses", "Rape", "Violence", "Domestic Violence". The presentation and synthesis of the results were presented in the PRISMA-2009 flowchart.

RESULTS: the final sample, consisting of 16 articles, identified different types of violence (sexual, physical, verbal, psychological and financial), perpetrated by family members, strangers, police officers, intimate partners, health professionals, acquaintances, or friends.

CONCLUSIONS: trans women suffer violence and social exclusion that result from stigma and discrimination due to gender identity and result in unrestricted damage to physical health.

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LA - pt SN - 0034-7167 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0173 ID - ref1 ER -