Envelhecimento do indivíduo homossexual: proposta de formação para carutadores

In current times, issues about sexual minorities are increasingly debated. Nonetheless, research about aging homosexuals is scarce, which reveals how neglected this subject is and how pressing it is to address it. Prejudice in contemporary society is felt by elderly homosexuals, who are aware that they are being discriminated against, something that has violent consequences and induces fear and anxiety about being outspoken about their sexual orientation. Thus, elderly homosexuals have a difficult time feeling free and fulfilled, which is damaging to their aging process. This paper intends to present a training proposal aimed at professional care providers of elderly homosexuals in institutions. It is urgent to conceive social responses that follow a multidisciplinary approach and that institutions would adopt with regard to their homosexual population.