Religious citizenship for sexual and gender dissidents: the case of “LGBTI+ catholic groups” in Brazil
LGBTI+ Catholic people have been organizing in Brazil since the first decade of the 2000s. They claim the compatibility between their religious belonging and sexual and gender diversity. Based on a review of the literature and ethnographic research, this article focuses on the formation of so-called...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8676355 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8676355 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Catolicismo Diversidade sexual e de gênero Cidadania religiosa Catholicism Sexual and gender diversity Religious citizenship Diversidad sexual y de género Ciudadanía religiosa |
| Sumario: | LGBTI+ Catholic people have been organizing in Brazil since the first decade of the 2000s. They claim the compatibility between their religious belonging and sexual and gender diversity. Based on a review of the literature and ethnographic research, this article focuses on the formation of so-called LGBTI+ Catholic groups. We adopt a relational and processual socio-anthropological approach to the collective actions developed by these actors, highlighting both processes of disputes and controversies, as well as alliances and partnerships led by these Catholic collectives. We argue that the struggle for space and dignity within ecclesiastical environments becomes an additional layer in the broader endeavor to secure sexual and gender rights in the political spaces of Brazilian society. Therefore, when they establish connections with religious and non-religious actors, LGBTI+ Catholics create a notion of “full religious citizenship.” Through ethnographic data, we assert that this notion is composed of the understanding that the right to the sacred for sexual and gender dissidents within Catholicism is a human and constitutional right. |
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