Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)

“The lamp of the Esquina” was the first gay newspaper with political engagement in Brazil, becoming a reference in the debate on gender issues in the 1970s during the military dictatorship, commonly called Brazilian left has engaged in the dispute that involved a range of social and political issues...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires, Zeno Carlos Tesser-Júnior, Douglas Francisco Kovaleski
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-11-01
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/45989
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author Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires
Zeno Carlos Tesser-Júnior
Douglas Francisco Kovaleski
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description “The lamp of the Esquina” was the first gay newspaper with political engagement in Brazil, becoming a reference in the debate on gender issues in the 1970s during the military dictatorship, commonly called Brazilian left has engaged in the dispute that involved a range of social and political issues. However, starting from the reports of “The Lantern”, the left’s shares at the time, referring to LGBT demands, may be questionable. Thus, this article aims to analyze the 47 newspaper editions searching for content that evidence of the tensions between the left and the LGBT movement in the period in which it was printed. Today most of the left acts in defense of sexual freedom and against gender oppression. However, through this analysis, it was observed that LGBT causes were the last to be understood as policy issues by the left of the time.
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spellingShingle Rodrigo Otávio Moretti-Pires
Zeno Carlos Tesser-Júnior
Douglas Francisco Kovaleski
Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
Revista Estudos Feministas
LGBT
Comunicação
Movimentos Sociais
title Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
title_full Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
title_fullStr Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
title_full_unstemmed Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
title_short Homophobia and the Brazilian Socialists in “O Lampião da Esquina” (1978-1981)
title_sort homophobia and the brazilian socialists in o lampiao da esquina 1978 1981
topic LGBT
Comunicação
Movimentos Sociais
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/45989
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