A produção da diversidade sexual e de gênero nas práticas do CRAS

Production in the sexual and gender diversity within the practices of CRAS. This research seeks to understand how the subjects, bodies, and behaviors are produced by performative roles within the gender and sexuality devices in the services offered at a Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS). For this, we analyzed ethnographic material on how the discourse constitute the performativities regarding gender and sexual expressions making use of problematic situations pertinent to sexual and gender diversity in a CRAS, located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We observed that the social technician and psychology interns recognize the importance of the CRAS as an entry way for different subjects and demands beyond the traditional families and cisgender women. However, even though the attention to issues about social assistance which is crossed by sexual and gender diversity is a concern in this service. It needs, therefore, to also be present in the formation/training process, as well as in the meetings of the assistance network and in the guidelines of the National Social Assistance Policies (PNAS).