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Night-time leisure: Gender and sexuality intersected by generation, style, and race in the São Paulo pop LGBTQ+ scene

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Pages 52-67 | Accepted 21 Jan 2022, Published online: 24 Feb 2022
 

ABSTRACT

Considering that sexuality and gender are both relevant to the study of occupations and the practice of occupational therapy, this paper aims to investigate the importance of night-time leisure for the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, many other terms) group in identity shaping. An ethnographic study of five nightclubs, which were frequented by young LGBTQ+ pop scene in São Paulo, Brazil, was undertaken. Data were analyzed qualitatively through intersectionality and post-humanist Queer Theory. Findings show that night-time leisure can enact support for LGBTQ+ people; however, several forms of discrimination of this group remain, due to class, style, race, and generation markers. These operators of difference may reveal how occupations are shaped by identity, just like identity is shaped by occupation. Additionally, the findings support that ‘doing gender’ is related to technologies of gender. The article contributes to theoretical and methodological advances in studies on leisure and sexuality from an occupational perspective.

鉴于性和性别都与生活活动研究和生活活动治疗实践相关, 本文旨在探讨夜间休闲对 LGBTQ+(女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿以及许多其它名词)群体在身份塑造方面的重要性。对巴西圣保罗年轻 LGBTQ+ 经常光顾的五家夜总会进行了民族志研究。根据交叉性和后人文主义酷儿理论, 对数据进行了定性分析。调查结果表明,夜间休闲可以为 LGBTQ+ 人群提供帮助;然而,由于阶层、风格、种族和代标记的不同,该人群存在着多种区别。这些区别可能揭示了生活活动是如何取决于身份,就像身份取决于生活活动一样。此外,研究结果支持“做性别”是与性别技术有关的。本文从生活活动的角度,为推动休闲和性研究的理论和方法学的发展起一定的作用。

Considerando que tanto la sexualidad como el género son dimensiones pertinentes a tener en cuenta en el estudio de las ocupaciones y el ejercicio de la terapia ocupacional, el presente trabajo se propuso investigar la importancia del ocio nocturno en la conformación de la identidad del grupo LGBTQ+ (lesbianas, gais, bisexuales, trans, queer, varios otros términos). Para el efecto se realizó un estudio etnográfico en cinco clubes nocturnos, frecuentados por jóvenes de la escena pop LGBTQ+ en São Paulo, Brasil. La información recabada fue analizada cualitativamente empleando la interseccionalidad y la Teoría Queer poshumanista. Los resultados dan cuenta de que, aunque el ocio nocturno puede suponer un apoyo para las personas LGBTQ+, los marcadores de clase, estilo, raza y generacionales hacen que persistan varias formas de discriminación contra este grupo. Estos operadores de la diferencia dejan ver cómo las ocupaciones son moldeadas por la identidad, al igual que esta es moldeada por la ocupación. Además, los resultados apoyan la idea de que “hacer género” está relacionado con las tecnologías de género. Este artículo constituye un aporte a los avances teóricos y metodológicos logrados en estudios sobre el ocio y la sexualidad desde una perspectiva ocupacional.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 Further reflections on the methodological process and the challenges encountered are described in another article (Almeida & Lugli, Citation2018).

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