Nós: uma leitura fotográfica sobre corpos LGBTQIA+ do sertão central - CE

Abstract

The LGBTQIA+ population is on the fringe of our society, facing countless issues for not corresponding the imposition of a heteronormative, cisgender and white pattern. Considering that and situated in the context of Ceará's Sertão Central region, this work uses the art of photography as a tool to create a photographic series. It includes 12 (twelve) bodies of different sexualities and gender identities that live in the city of Quixadá and Madalena. The purpose is to represent these bodies, creating new memories about them and the possibility to discuss in a political and critical way the invisibility faced by these people. This study is relevant by approaching the reality of a public seen in a negative way just because its gender identity and sexuality don’t correspond to a required pattern by society. The methodology was based on research with the public (online forms and dialog) which made possible trace its profile, understand its vision about the invisibility they face locally and search participants for the photographic series. The photo shoots phase provided a direct approach to those participants, by which we could perceive intimately their history with their own bodies. This step influenced directly in the construction of the images. Eventually a website was created as a medium responsible for presenting the pictures and these bodies. The fields of art and technology were chosen to address the problem, in order to influence other members of the community to create new discussions that can contribute to the public.