Participação Política e Experiência Homossexual: Dilemas entre o Indivíduo e o Coletivo

• Main Authors: Frederico Alves Costa, Frederico Viana Machado, Marco Aurélio Maximo Prado
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Florida 2008-01-01
• Series: Interamerican Journal of Psychology
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28442214

This article aims to discuss the dynamic of the political participation of GLBT´s in the GLBT social movement of Belo Horizonte/BR. This work addresses to several relations and conflicts between the GLBT social movement of Belo Horizonte/BR, the State and other social organizations. Moreover, it is focused on different aspects in the reflexion about the obstacles and possibilities of the political participation of GLBT´s in the GLBT social movement of Belo Horizonte. With this article we seek to indicate the need of enlargement of the politic space to understand the political participation in the contemporary society and to contribute to the construction of a democratic society.