A Competência Crítica em Informação e a comunidade LGBTQIAPN+

Abstract

Critical Information Literacy has gained increasing relevance within Information Science due to its potential to promote autonomy, critical reflection, and civic engagement in the face of informational inequalities. Considering the historical challenges experienced by the LGBTQIAPN+ community, this study aimed to describe the State of the Art on CIL related to this population, based on scientific publications indexed in BRAPCI. This is a qualitative and descriptive research, conducted through a bibliographic review in the State-of-the-Art format. The methodology involved the selection, systematization, and analysis of the articles published in the last five years, according to previously defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results indicate that, although discussions on CIL have grown in fields such as critical education, feminism and gender studies, social justice, and misinformation, there are virtually no studies directly addressing the relationship between CIL and the LGBTQIAPN+ community. The identified publications mention diversity only superficially, without exploring the informational specificities of this group. It is concluded that CIL has strong emancipatory potential and could significantly contribute to reducing inequalities and strengthening rights within this population. However, the absence of specific debate on criticality, information, and sexual and gender diversity.