“A travesti da família brasileira” : Rogéria e a moralidade em tempos de Ditadura Militar no Brasil

Abstract

The Brazilian military dictatorship aligned its repressive laws with a morality based on religious discourse to oppress groups considered subversive according to its laws. Such alignment between law and morality favored the strengthening of a discourse of social segregation that particularly affected the LGBT population, specifically transvestites. Astolfo Barroso Pinto, the famous Brazilian transvestite Rogéria, performed in theater and on television with the art of transvestism, becoming known nationally. Its recognition at a national level led to discussions about transvestite art and its influence during the period of military repression. Rogéria's speeches point to multiple transvestite experiences, as she differentiates herself from those who are not part of the artistic environment. In this way, it was possible to deduce that repression occurred in different ways depending on the environment in which these women lived. Based on the transvestite Rogéria, I seek to analyze, even briefly, the relationship between repression and transvestites.