Biopolitical government of AIDS: the homosexuality as a social dangerousness

This study addresses aspects of the construction of male homosexuality as part of the biopolitical management of sexuality associated with the appearance and consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In this sense, it was identified how homosexuality has a trajectory that historically links it to the h...

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Autores: Barp, Luiz, Mitjavila, Myriam, Diz Ferreira , Diego
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saude
Repositorio:Saude em Debate
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.saudeemdebate.emnuvens.com.br:article/7511
Acesso em linha:https://www.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/7511
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Homossexualidade
HIV
Sexualidade
Política
Homosexuality
Sexuality
Politics
Descrição
Resumo:This study addresses aspects of the construction of male homosexuality as part of the biopolitical management of sexuality associated with the appearance and consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In this sense, it was identified how homosexuality has a trajectory that historically links it to the hybrid notion of social dangerousness, fundamentally from the medical categorization of anal penetration among men as a deviant practice and, therefore, socially dangerous. In more recent years, unprecedented mechanisms of subjection and subjectivation have expanded the repertoire of mechanisms for social control of homosexuality based on HIV/AIDS prevention strategies, such as condoms and, more recently, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to HIV.