A institucionalização democrática e a atuação do movimento gay brasileiro

The democratic Institutionalization and the performance of the Brazilian gay movement

Abstract

The present article intends to bring a related discussion of a part of masculinity, the gays, with the struggle for the conquest of rights. These actors are organized in a social movement and through this movement, they engage in a debate with political representation. This movement is not just gay, it is known as the LGBT movement for bringing together other sexual minority groups struggling for full access to citizens' rights and against discrimination. For the specific cut of the article, I took the homosexual men of the movement, although the demands are not exclusive of them. I do so by understanding that this issue deserves a discussion from the point of view of masculinity. Thinking about how this movement works, I tried to relate this struggle to the theme of democracy in Brazil and some paths that need to be traced to a democratic institution. It is argued that, along with democracy, there is a widening of the debate to other concepts that are related to it, such as accountability, citizenship, representation, institutions, and leadership. All this discussion finds space in the areas of Political Science and Sociology, but they are themes that are based on interdisciplinarity, being a present and deserving discussion in many other areas of knowledge that debate social issues.