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Sex, gender and sexuality

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    • cuidadores masculinosNarrow Term
    • masculinidade hegemónicaNarrow Term
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  • identidade de género
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    • mudança de géneroNarrow Term
      • saúde sexualRelated Term
    • homemNarrow Term
      • identidade de géneroRelated Term
    • outro géneroNarrow Term
      • identidade de géneroRelated Term
    • transgéneroNarrow Term
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    • mulherNarrow Term
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  • interseccionalidade
    • discriminação intersetorialRelated Term
    • estereótipos combinadosNarrow Term
      • saúde sexualRelated Term
    • grupo desfavorecidoNarrow Term
      • posição marginalizadaRelated Term
    • diversidadeNarrow Term
      • sociedade civilRelated Term
      • socialização do géneroRelated Term
    • grupo marginalizadoNarrow Term
  • orientação sexual
    • identidade sexualRelated Term
    • bifobiaRelated Term
    • lesbofobiaRelated Term
    • homofobiaRelated Term
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    • heteronormatividadeNarrow Term
      • homofobiaRelated Term
      • heterossexismoRelated Term
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    • heterossexismoNarrow Term
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    • heterossexualidadeNarrow Term
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    • queerNarrow Term
      • sexualidadeRelated Term
    • heterossexualNarrow Term
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      • lésbicaRelated Term
      • identidade sexualRelated Term
      • sexualidadeRelated Term
  • sexualidade
    • heterossexualRelated Term
    • HomossexualRelated Term
    • lésbicaRelated Term
    • queerRelated Term
    • saúde sexualRelated Term
    • identidade sexualRelated Term
    • transexualRelated Term
    • identidade de géneroNarrow Term
      • socialização do géneroRelated Term
      • homemRelated Term
      • outro géneroRelated Term
      • sexoRelated Term
      • saúde sexualRelated Term
      • transgéneroRelated Term
      • mulherRelated Term
      • géneroRelated Term
      • expressão de géneroRelated Term
      • masculinidadeRelated Term
    • orientação sexualNarrow Term
      • identidade sexualRelated Term
      • bifobiaRelated Term
      • lesbofobiaRelated Term
      • homofobiaRelated Term
      • transfobiaRelated Term
  • heterossexual
    • heterossexismoRelated Term
    • heterossexualidadeRelated Term
    • identidade sexualRelated Term
    • sexualidadeRelated Term
  • identidade sexual
    • femininoRelated Term
    • heterossexualRelated Term
    • HomossexualRelated Term
    • lésbicaRelated Term
    • masculinoRelated Term
    • preconceitoRelated Term
    • orientação sexualRelated Term
    • violência sexualRelated Term
    • sexualidadeRelated Term
    • transexualRelated Term

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