The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America

by Corrales, Javier; Pecheny, Mario

• ISBN13: 9780822960621
• ISBN10: 0822960621
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-28
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America presents the first English-language reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) politics in Latin America. The chapters represent a range of contemporary works by scholars, activists, analysts, and politicians.

Author Biography

Javier Corrales is associate professor of political science at Amherst College. He is the author of Presidents without Parties: The Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990s.
Mario Pecheny is professor of political science at the University of Buenos Aires and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: The Comparative Politics of Sexuality in Latin America	p. 1
Nation-Building and Heteronormativity
Mate Same-Sex Sexuality and the Argentine State, 1880-1930	p. 33
Cuban CondemNation of Queer Bodies	p. 44
Mexico	p. 60
Sexuality-Based Political Struggles
More Love and More Desire: The Building of a Brazilian Movement	p. 69
"Con Discriminación y Represión No Hay Democracia": The Lesbian and Gay Movement in Argentina	p. 86
Sociability, Secrets, and Identities: Key Issues in Sexual Politics in Latin America	p. 102
Sexual Politics and Sexual Rights in Brazil: A Case Study	p. 122
Puerto Rico and the Caribbean	p. 135
Identity, Revolution, and Democracy: Lesbian Movements in Central America	p. 144
LGBT Movements' Relations with Political Parties and Legislators
Global Communities and Hybrid Cultures: Early Gay and Lesbian Electoral Activism in Brazil and Mexico	p. 175
Social Movements and Political Parties: Gays, Lesbians, and Travestis and the Struggle for Inclusion in Brazil	p. 197
The Civil Union Law in Buenos Aires: Notes on the Arguments by the Opposition	p. 212
Gay Rights in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez, 1999-2009	p. 220
LGBT Rights in Ecuador's 2008 Constitution: Victories and Setbacks	p. 224
The State and Public Policies
Friendly Government, Cruel Society: AIDS and the Politics of Homosexual Strategic Mobilization in Brazil	p. 233
Sexual Rights of Gays, Lesbians, and Transgender Persons in Latin America: A Judge's View	p. 251
Chile: Seizing Empowerment	p. 259
Speech of the President of the Brazilian Republic at the Opening of the First National Conference of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites, and Transsexuals	p. 265
Interview with Mariela Castro on the Future of Sex and Socialism in Cuba	p. 270
Out in Public: Gay and Lesbian Activism in Nicaragua	p. 274
Intrasociety Relations
The Rationale of Collective Action within Sexual-Rights Movements: An Abstract Analysis of Very Concrete Experiences	p. 283
Sexual Orientation and Human Rights in the Americas	p. 290
Desire, TV, Panic, and Violence Surrounding the Transgendered in Argentina: The Metamorphoses of 1998	p. 303
Lesbians in (Cyber)Space: The Politics of the Internet in Latin American On- and Off-line Communities	p. 312
Gay Space in Havana	p. 334
Divergence between LGBTI Legal, Political, and Social Progress in the Caribbean and Latin America	p. 349
The Fight and Flight of Reinaldo Arenas	p. 358
From Invisible Subjects to Citizens: A Report on Human Rights and Lesbians in Paraguay, 2006	p. 365
The LGBT Organizational Density of World Cities	p. 372
Diversities Within
Political Practices and Alliance Strategies of the Chilean GLBTT Movement	p. 381
"The Gay Pride March? They're Not Talking About Me": The Politicization of Differences in the Argentine GLTTTB Movement	p. 387
The Feminism-Lesbianism Relationship in Latin America: A Necessary Link	p. 401
Transvestism and Public Space: Transvestism and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite, and Transsexual Movement	p. 406
"Every Jack to His Trade? ": Power Arrangements, Policies of Identity, and Market Segmentation within the Homosexual Movement	p. 421
Appendix: Timeline of LGBT Political Landmarks in the Americas	p. 429
Credits for Original Publications	p. 437
Index	p. 439
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