Women who have sex with women project

Abstract

The origin of a university extension project is the tip of the thread where the extensionist experience begins, which brings with it an endless number of teachings that can be proposed without knowing for sure their content and final result. The interaction that takes place in the process cannot be organized, scheduled or forced; it simply occurs, that is, it flows in all directions. The university function that proposes the interaction of knowledge, of social actors, of experiences and experiences, possesses an infinite wealth that is difficult to understand by people who have not experienced such journeys. 

This is a brief summary of the experience, narrated by the teacher who is learning, and relates the creation, execution and closure of an extension project within the framework of the University of the Republic, School of Medicine - School of Midwives. Based on the emergence in the Sexology class of the Obstetrician-Midwife career, on sexual health care for lesbians in particular, and women who have sex with women in general, a plan of action was drawn up together with students and the population (women who have sex with other women), which determined a health awareness and promotion campaign. 

As a result of the experience of working with lesbian and bisexual women who participated in the project as advisors and the inter-university work, a series of "productions" were developed with which an information and awareness campaign was carried out for the general population. The main teaching and reflection determined that in assistance and education on sexuality, actions should be oriented according to sexual practices, independently of the sexual orientation of the people, a really valuable aspect at the time of demolishing the discursive strategies that are reproduced from the prevailing patriarchal hetero-normality.