We make ourselves: psychosocial analysis of the process of building lesbian identity and its relationship with public space and life in society

Abstract

The aim of this article is the analysis of the links established between the process of constructing the identity of lesbian women with the public space as a site of resignification of their personal and social identity, trying to integrate the exchange they make of their own meanings with those of the environment, during the stages of growth, self-nomination and confrontation of social norms. The methodology is the biographical approach, with the technique of the life stories of seven women. The results of the research aim to understand the relationship between identity, social recognition and its relationship with the public space, as bases for identification as lesbians of the participating women.