NO EXIT, NO ATTACK: WOMEN'S NEGOTIATIONS IN THE EXERCISE OF GENDER IDENTITY OF A TRANS WOMAN IN TERREIRO COBRA RASTEIRA
Transsexual; candomblé; gender identity, jurema.
This work investigates how the gender identity and adjacent relations of sociability of a transsexual woman adept in Candomblé and Sacred Jurema are exercised, as regards the sexist division that governs the functioning of tasks and activities within the rituals of these religions, in terreiro located in the metropolitan region of Natal. In order to fulfill the objectives of this research, we chose to use as a methodological tool the bibliographical research on the themes of gender and religion, as well as the ethnographic methodology. The data were analyzed from previously established aspects, such as performance of ritualistic tasks in the functions performed in the terreiro, clothing, religious transit and recognition of the space of the terreiro as place of reception of nonhegemonic identity. Thus, participant observation, using the field diary for the continuous recording of lived experiences and semi-structured interviews, considering the life narratives of the interlocutor, was essential for the development of this work. The research guides the understanding of the limits of the negotiation established between the exercise of gender identity and the exercise of faith itself.