La criminalización de la diversidad sexual y el inicio del activismo gay en Costa Rica, 1985-1989
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Jiménez Bolaños, José Daniel
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El presente artículo examina, a partir de un análisis de los discursos periodísticos, la manera en que el surgimiento del VIH/SIDA en Costa Rica a mediados de la década de 1980 conlleva todo un proceso de criminalización de la diversidad sexual, principalmente enfocada a los hombres gay. Esta criminalización se estructuró a través de una dinámica donde la abyección social se materializó en acciones concretas por parte del Estado, las cuales encontraron legitimidad en la ciudadanía. La persecución de personas que practicaban o se identificaban con una sexualidad no normativa, especialmente en lugares de socialización claves, tuvo como resultado la organización activista. Esta politización de las identidades es un proceso que sigue reconstruyéndose y forma parte del paisaje social costarricense.
This article examines, using journalistic discourse as a primary source for analysis, the way in which the emergence of HIV/AIDS in Costa Rica in the mid- 1980s led to a process of sexual diversity´s criminalization, specially towards gay men. This criminalization is structured through a dynamic where social abjection was materialized into action by the state, founding legitimacy in the citizenship. The persecution of people who practiced or identified with a non-normative sexuality, especially in key places of socialization, resulted in organization and activism. This politicization of identities is a process that continues to rebuild itself and is part of the Costa Rican social landscape.
This article examines, using journalistic discourse as a primary source for analysis, the way in which the emergence of HIV/AIDS in Costa Rica in the mid- 1980s led to a process of sexual diversity´s criminalization, specially towards gay men. This criminalization is structured through a dynamic where social abjection was materialized into action by the state, founding legitimacy in the citizenship. The persecution of people who practiced or identified with a non-normative sexuality, especially in key places of socialization, resulted in organization and activism. This politicization of identities is a process that continues to rebuild itself and is part of the Costa Rican social landscape.
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Diversidad sexual, Homosexualidad, Criminalización, Activismo, Abyección
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http://investiga.uned.ac.cr/revistas/index.php/rupturas/article/view/1121
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