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

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awdur: Jiménez Bolaños, José Daniel
Fformat: artículo original
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2016
Disgrifiad: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.
Gwlad:Portal de Revistas UNED
Sefydliad:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Iaith:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/1121
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/rupturas/article/view/1121
Allweddair:Sexual diversity
homosexuality
criminalization
activism
abjection
Diversidad sexual
homosexualidad
criminalización
activismo
abyección