The role of indexing in the categorization of transsexuality and transvestite

Abstract

This research contextualizes gender studies and addresses the history and questions about transvestility and transsexuality with the aim of strengthening research related to ethics within the Knowledge Organization. Its general objective is to identify how indexing influences the retrieval of information about gender stereotypes. To this end, it investigated how information is represented on two different bases. to verify whether the terms that represent the documents are in accordance with the literature on gender studies. Furthermore, it analyzed whether the terms are in accordance with the Thesaurus for the Study of Gender and Women and the Thesaurus for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The research qualifies as bibliographic, documentary and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. In view of this, it appears that there was no return of any document that used pejorative terms.