Experiencias de discriminación y exclusión laboral en cuatro casos de personas homosexuales y bisexuales de la ciudad de Cali; y la influencia en el desarrollo de sus proyectos de vida

Abstract

Knowing that discrimination is a problem that is perceived in almost every country in the world, being considered as a prejudice towards a certain person or group of people (women, Afro-descendants, indigenous people, homosexuals, etc.); It stands out that discrimination does not take into account the individual in particular, he neglects his desires, abilities, identity and his value as a person, that is, he does not know and annuls him as a being. Therefore, this work addresses four experiences of discrimination and labor exclusion for homosexuals and bisexuals in the city of Cali, using the biographical approach and different types of interviews (Informal, open, semi-structured) to obtain and analyze the information. Among the reflections that could be made in this investigation, one of the most important is related to the concealment of homosexual identity as a mechanism to prevent or reduce the impact of stigmatization, little family and institutional support for victims of labor discrimination and the predominance of individual actions over collective ones to face labor discrimination based on sexual orientation. Finally, this work provides social work professionals and other social science disciplines with a subjective view of the problem of discrimination and its impact on the life projects of homosexual and bisexual people, as well as being a document that gives voice to a population still stigmatized that seeks to claim their rights.