Abstract
Objective: To identify the main challenges for the permanence of LGBT + students in the medical and nursing course of a private institution in the north of the country, determining a parallel between the view of teachers and students. Methods: This is a quantitative analysis, whose research targets were students and teachers from a private higher education institution in the North of the country, using online questionnaires for teachers and students, with 11 and 21 single option questions, respectively. It took two weeks to collect data, one for each target, having said that, 120 responses were obtained from students and only one from the teachers. Results: The analysis of the answers showed that about 20% of the students have already considered dropping out of the course due to conflicts related to their sexual orientation, as 40% have known or witnessed some act of prejudice or discrimination against LGBT + people in the educational environment. Conclusion: Therefore, it is pointed out that the LGBT + person accumulates challenges from different origins and inherent to his own nature.