Sexuality and Public Order: Navigating Mononormativity in Contemporary Brazil - Pablo Pérez Navarro

Taking inspiration from the approach of heterosexuality as a political regime, as proposed by lesbian feminism and queer theories, this study starts from the premise that mononormativity (Porto, 2018) permeates the legal apparatus of the state and, simultaneously, transcends it, imbuing social relations and cultural practices in ways not always evident. Building on this intuition, I begin this reflection with an analysis of the gaps in the legal sphere of monogamy in Brazil. Next, I present an analysis of the interactions between the state and monogamy in the context of educational and public health policies. From this discussion, I address the tendency toward the monogamization (Rothmüller, 2021) of relationships during the Covid-19 pandemic and the representation of relational dissidences as threats to the moral order of society. Fina ...