LGBTI Lives and Rights in Timor-Leste

Sara Niner

doi:10.53930/27892182.dialogos.3.87

Autores

Sara Niner School of Social Sciences at Monash University (Austrália) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-965X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53930/27892182.dialogos.3.87

Palavras-chave:

Direitos LGBTI, Género, Timor-Leste

Resumo

A comunidade LGBTI em Timor-Leste tornou-se mais proeminente nos últimos anos devido à advocacia e atividades de uma pequena rede de organizações locais e internacionais e à realização de uma parada do orgulho gay na capital Díli em 2017 e 2018. Embora não criminalizados, o estigma social, a discriminação, o assédio e a violência continuam sendo comuns para as pessoas LGBTI. O domínio de uma masculinidade hegemônica agressiva combinada com atitudes negativas em relação à homossexualidade adotada pela Igreja Católica destaca o trabalho crucial necessário para combater um nível significativo de intolerância construído por essas forças conservadoras. O conservadorismo religioso parece ser em grande parte a lógica por trás dessas atitudes negativas. Contudo, a cultura é dinâmica e forças progressistas internas e externas sinalizam mudanças e a aceitação de SOGIEs alternativas. No entanto, os defensores e organizações que representam as comunidades LGBTI encontram-se, lamentavelmente, com recursos insuficientes e precisam de mais solidariedade nacional e internacional e apoio para levar a cabo o seu importante trabalho.

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Biografia Autor

Sara Niner, School of Social Sciences at Monash University (Austrália)

Professora de Antropologia e Diretora do Curso de Mestrado em Prática de Desenvolvimento Internacional, Monash University, School of Social Sciences.

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