Transpaternities and pregnancy: a literature review

Abstract

This article aimed to map scientific productions about the exercise of fatherhood by transmasculine people, specifically arising from gestational processes. To this end, a literature review was carried out through the platforms: BVS (Virtual Health Library), SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), PePSIC (Electronic Psychology Journals Portal), BDTD (Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations), and CAPES Theses and Dissertations Catalog. After reading the titles and abstracts, 32 productions were selected based on the objective proposed by this manuscript. We found studies focusing on biomedical areas, with three main pillars: the scarcity of studies on the subject; the invisibility of this population in public policies and the lack of preparation of health service professionals; and “symbolic sterility,” a product of a social reality based on cisheteronormity and the marginalization of experiences considered deviant and pathological. Thus, we have evidence that there are structural barriers that prevent trans people from accessing health services, and legal rights in the promotion of reproductive health and the urgent need to reformulate the understanding of care and assistance and training of health professionals.