The impacts of racism and lesbophobia on the subjective experience of Black lesbian women residing in the Baixada Fluminense region
Black women; lesbians; subjectivity; racism; lesbophobia.
The constitution of Brazil as a nation was fostered through the process of colonization and enslavement of the Black population from Africa. Strategies of domination and control over Black individuals, even after the abolition of slavery, remain latent in the 21st century, unfolding into methods of extermination of bodies that do not conform to the standards established by white-cis-heterosexual-bourgeois hegemony. Therefore, Black lesbian women, finding themselves at the base of a social hierarchy structured by racism, sexism, and lesbophobia, are subject to violent processes of invisibility, marginalization, social stratification, silencing, and the stripping away of their humanity. Given the above, this research aims to understand the effects of racism and lesbophobia on the subjective lives of Black lesbian women residing in the Baixada Fluminense region. Furthermore, the methodology used was segmented based on the instrumental apparatus of intersectionality along with the cartographic method. Finally, interviews will be conducted with the target audience in question, with the aim of procedurally constructing the project's results.