EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CITY-CLOSET AND LGBTQIA+ GROUPS

Authors

  • Miguel Pacífico Filho Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins
  • Thelma Pontes Borges Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins
  • Walace Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2448-1092.2024v16n26.13443

Keywords:

Humanized city, Safe social environments, Trauma, LGBTQIA

Abstract

We propose an epistemological contribution by demonstrating that the city-closet, as a hostile environment for LGBTQIA+, does little to facilitate the human psyche, functioning as a producer and product of resentments, depersonalizing and disintegrating subjects. Our text is a bibliographic essay, which analyzes the reverberations of the city-closet for populations that flee gender heteronormativity. We also offer a debate about the relationship between the environment and human formation and its traumatic consequences for the public in question. The results of this work reveal that cities must be planned to also serve minority groups, offering safe environments for social interaction, which allow expressions of identity and affection.

Published

01-12-2024

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

PACÍFICO FILHO, Miguel; BORGES, Thelma Pontes; RODRIGUES, Walace. EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE CITY-CLOSET AND LGBTQIA+ GROUPS. Cidades, Brasil, v. 16, n. 26, p. 60–85, 2024. DOI: 10.36661/2448-1092.2024v16n26.13443. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/cidades/article/view/13443. Acesso em: 11 mar. 2025.