Transgressive fan practices in the temple of virility: the experience of Coligay
In this article we analyze the Coligay football fan base, drawing attention to its transgressive political dimension. Coligay was formed by predominantly by gay cisgender men, created in 1977, during the military regime. It made history by the explicit affirmation of sexuality considered deviant in...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Fulia/UFMG - Futebol, Linguagem, Artes e outros Esportes |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/40486 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/fulia/article/view/40486 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Coligay Football LGBT Policy Homosexuality Futebol Homossexualidade Política |
| Sumario: | In this article we analyze the Coligay football fan base, drawing attention to its transgressive political dimension. Coligay was formed by predominantly by gay cisgender men, created in 1977, during the military regime. It made history by the explicit affirmation of sexuality considered deviant in a universe treated as a stronghold of cisgender and heterosexual men, resorting to supporters' manifestations read as effeminate, extravagant, and debauched, which were at odds with the manly references of masculinity demanded and valued in football. We reflected on the strategies adopted and factors that contributed to Coligay obtaining respect and recognition. We also explore their relations with the homosexual/LGBT+ political scene and movements and those that challenged gender and sexuality norms at that time, seeking to complexify understandings about the group’s political action, recognizing their transgressive potential by having expanded spaces of public visibility of subjects read as dissonant and contributing, to some extent, to the deconstruction of stereotypes and prejudices directed to LGBT+ people. |
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