“Terra sem pecado”, indigenous LGBTQIA+ people and the intersectionalities that traverse them

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the expressions of aesthetic-political singularities of Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people portrayed in the documentary “Terra sem pecado”. To this end, we pose the following question: what can we learn from the aesthetic-political subjectivities of Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people in the documentary? To address this question, we articulate Queer and Decolonial thought, employing thematic analysis from the perspective of Content Analysis. Based on the narratives, memories, and experiences of Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people, we understand that those portrayed in the documentary engage in the task of deconstructing the Indigenous/heterosexual binary imposed by colonization, which subjects them to intense LGBTQIA+phobia for performing non-normative gender and sexual experiences. However, even amid situations of violence, these subjects, upon entering university, begin to construct mechanisms of agency in tension with the hegemonic colonial matrix of gender and sexualities, a process that demands a daily struggle for self-affirmation.