The Criminalization of Sexual Diversity and the Beginning of the Gay Activism in Costa Rica, 1985-1989

 

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Verfasser: Jiménez Bolaños, José Daniel
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2016
Beschreibung:This article examines, using journalistic discourse as a primary source for analysis, theway in which theemergenceof HIV/AIDS inCosta Ricain the mid-1980s led toa process of sexual diversity´s criminalization, specially towards gay men. Thiscriminalizationisstructured througha dynamicwhere socialabjection was materializedinto actionby the state, foundinglegitimacy in the citizenship. The persecution ofpeople who practicedoridentifiedwith anon-normative sexuality, especially in keyplaces of socialization, resulted in organization and activism. This politicizationof identitiesis a process thatcontinuesto rebuild itselfand is part of theCosta Rican sociallandscape.
Land:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institution:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/1121
Online Zugang:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/rupturas/article/view/1121
Stichwort:Sexual diversity
homosexuality
criminalization
activism
abjection
Diversidad sexual
homosexualidad
criminalización
activismo
abyección