A bandeira do arco-íris no coração do nordeste brasileiro: repertórios de interação socioestatais do movimento LGBT em Pernambuco entre 1980 e 2020.

Abstract

To understand the formation and trajectory of this kind of collective action in the country, the established literature on the LGBT Movement in Brazil has favored the experiences of militancy groups based in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Using a different setting, this investigation is dedicated to researching the experiences and struggles for free sexual orientation and gender identity in a state in northern Brazil. The objective of this study is to analyze how the processes of claiming rights by the LGBT social movement in Pernambuco were structured, using repertoires of society-state interaction established between 1980 and 2020. In this sense, in terms of methodology, a qualitative explanatory research was conducted. Bibliographic and documentary materials were consulted, as well as interviews with seventeen Movement leaders. The collected data were organized to form the research corpus, which was then processed using the analytical perspective proposed by content analysis. The study reveals that the LGBT Movement in Pernambuco has had interactions with the state from its institutional emergence in the 1980s, with the goal of gaining rights and combatting discrimination. This process resulted in the passage of legislation to combat LGBTphobia, the expansion of public debate on sexual and gender diversity issues, and, most importantly, the establishment of several public policy departments and specialized services for the LGBT population, both within the state government and in several municipal administrations. Based on the findings, it is hoped that this research will contribute to a more comprehensive and democratic understanding of the emergence and trajectory of struggles for sexual and gender diversity in Brazil.