“Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couples

This paper aimed to understand how homosexual couples build their careers, individually and jointly, and how trajectories are negotiated considering existing possibilities. Qualitative research was carried out with six homosexual couples of various ages, professional backgrounds, and relationship st...

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Main Authors: Aline Mendonça Fraga, Vanessa Amaral Prestes, Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira, Igor Baptista de Oliveira Medeiros, Carla dos Santos Feijó
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho 2019-07-01
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Online Access:https://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/rpot/v19n3/v19n3a04.pdf
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Igor Baptista de Oliveira Medeiros
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description This paper aimed to understand how homosexual couples build their careers, individually and jointly, and how trajectories are negotiated considering existing possibilities. Qualitative research was carried out with six homosexual couples of various ages, professional backgrounds, and relationship stages. The data collection had two moments: individual interviews and a joint interview. Analysis of the reports was based on content analysis. The results indicated that the construction of the collective project clearly shows the metamorphosis of the individual projects and career redirections with greater alternation in the valuation of the individual trajectories. This allows the exploration of nuances and turning points of the trajectories of dual career couples. While on the one hand there is greater freedom for negotiations regarding careers, on the other hand, in the field of possibilities for each trajectory, a space of dilemmas and conflicts emerges, in the way these couples experience roles and status in a society based on heteronormativity.
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spelling doaj-art-e66f40b272e04863aa4d5853682330af2025-08-20T03:24:32ZengAssociação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do TrabalhoRevista Psicologia1984-66572019-07-0119366267010.17652/rpot/2019.3.16469“Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couplesAline Mendonça Fraga0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-464XVanessa Amaral Prestes1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-310XSidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-2684Igor Baptista de Oliveira Medeiros3Carla dos Santos Feijó4https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7469-1290Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil This paper aimed to understand how homosexual couples build their careers, individually and jointly, and how trajectories are negotiated considering existing possibilities. Qualitative research was carried out with six homosexual couples of various ages, professional backgrounds, and relationship stages. The data collection had two moments: individual interviews and a joint interview. Analysis of the reports was based on content analysis. The results indicated that the construction of the collective project clearly shows the metamorphosis of the individual projects and career redirections with greater alternation in the valuation of the individual trajectories. This allows the exploration of nuances and turning points of the trajectories of dual career couples. While on the one hand there is greater freedom for negotiations regarding careers, on the other hand, in the field of possibilities for each trajectory, a space of dilemmas and conflicts emerges, in the way these couples experience roles and status in a society based on heteronormativity.https://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/rpot/v19n3/v19n3a04.pdfcareerdual careerhomosexuality
spellingShingle Aline Mendonça Fraga
Vanessa Amaral Prestes
Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira
Igor Baptista de Oliveira Medeiros
Carla dos Santos Feijó
“Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couples
Revista Psicologia
career
dual career
homosexuality
title “Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couples
title_full “Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couples
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title_short “Somewhere over the rainbow”: career trajectories of homosexual couples
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topic career
dual career
homosexuality
url https://pepsic.bvsalud.org/pdf/rpot/v19n3/v19n3a04.pdf
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