SEXUALIZANDO A COLONIALIDADE DE GÊNERO

PARA UMA COMPREENSÃO DA HOMOFOBIA INTERNALIZADA

Abstract

Brazil's colonial history coincides with the murder of non-heterosexual bodies. In this context, gender coloniality establishes which bodies are worth more and which bodies are worth less based on the male-female binomial. This reality can manifest itself as internalized homophobia among homosexual people, negatively affecting their life experience. This narrative review study aimed to bring Decolonial Studies into the debate on sexuality articulated with the concept of gender coloniality. It points out that internalized homophobia has its history built on colonial exploitation, which manifests itself in the establishment of practices of persecution and extermination of homosexual conduct. In the meantime, gender coloniality is the arm of coloniality that adds internalized homophobia as a mechanism, ensuring that colonial differences continue to operate in people's cognitive systems. Finally, there needs to be more theoretical and practical proposals that discuss sexuality as a problem linked to gender coloniality.