Os entre-lugares: um olhar sobre sujeitos surdos-homossexuais

Abstract

The identity construction of the homosexual individuals as well as the deaf ones occurs from distinct fields that are intersected, and the way individuals perceive themselves and are perceived as deaf- homosexual people is an important point in this journey. These identities and their markers are not presented as exclusively limiting categorization, ie, being deaf and homosexual are part of everything this person is, and these markers offer other possibilities of articulated / intersected ways to this person be thought of. What can we think when this "sick" person has a different sexual orientation from heterosexuality, whereas the person with disabilities is generally thought of as a sick and pathological body, and he has his sexuality denied? The gay person is still stigmatized by their sexual orientation, or their "deviant" sexuality. Given this reality, what can be told about this sick-gay-person? I have analyzed how socially devalued markers are articulated in the deaf and homosexual people’s identity construction process. For studies on such individuals, I consider his writings and Libras that are on the internet, an important tool, which were used together with semi-structured interviews, through which it was possible to address social relationships, experiences, experiments, the interviewee’s 'empirical world' in a more broadly way.