Queer resistance during Brazil’s dictatorship
The military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985) imposed an official rhetoric which promoted a notion of social morality based on the pillars of heterosexuality, the traditional family, and Christian values. Within this narrative, LGBTQI+ communities were portrayed as a threat to public order and morality, leading to their marginalisation and justifying violence against them.
Movements and art collectives became refuges for resistance, expression and cultural production, turning places into pockets of resistance where counterculture thrived, while challenging the patriarchal and heteronormative paradigm.
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