Resistências e rejeições nas vivências de pessoas trans no Candomblé da Bahia

38 | 2018

Claudenilson Dias* e Leandro Colling**

*Coordenador Executivo do Grupo Homossexual da Periferia – GHP. Mestrando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre Mulheres, Gênero e Feminismo – PPGNEIM, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil
** Professor Associado I, Instituto de Humanidades, Artes e Ciências Professor Milton Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil

Resistances and rejections in the experiences of transsexual people in Candomblé of Bahia
The article analyzes the experiences of three trans persons in Candomblé’s terreiros in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Through in-depth interviews, these people report on how their gender identities were not respected (interdictions on clothing, interpersonal relations and the organization of ritual work) and what strategies they developed to continue practicing the Afro-Brazilian religion and have their identities respected.

Keywords

Candomblé, transsexualities, gender, queer theory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2018.38.07
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