My research project addresses the cultural history of the LGBT+ movement in Brazil during the

late 1970s and through the last decade of the military dictatorship. It broadly focuses on
Lampião da Esquina, an ephemeral journal published between 1978 and 1981, which is now
understood to be a key point of reference to the rise and consolidation of homosexual and trans
activism in contemporary Brazil. Lampião published work from different plastic artists and
literary writers, turning into the first journal created entirely by homosexual men and addressed
to a homosexual public in Brazil. My fieldwork brought me closer to the group of writers and
artists who initially participated in this project. It also gave me the opportunity to acquire some
of the recent publications centered on this topic in Brazil. I visited, among many, three places
that contributed to my understanding of the history of the LGBT+ movement. I attended a
particularly useful art exhibition at the MAR (Museo de Arte do Rio) entitled “Crônicas
Cariocas”, which had an excellent overview of queer culture under the military dictatorship that
ruled the country from 1964 to 1985. I also visited the Fundacão Casa de Rui Barbosa, a
literature-focused archive where I could consult some of the illustrations made by the artist and
writer Darcy Penteado, one of the founders of the journal, including some of the catalogues of
his exhibitions and a hand-written letter sent by him to a colleague from abroad. Looking for a
deeper insight into Penteado’s works, I traveled to a small population one hour away from São
Paulo called São Roque, where I was able to partially access an archive of paintings and writings
by Darcy Penteado. I learned how important it is to schedule in advance to visit archives and
libraries: some of the collaborators in charge were sick when I visited or simply could not give
me complete access to the resources due to bureaucratic impediments that require more time. My
new findings about the queer movement in Brazil and specifically about Darcy Penteado will be
incorporated into the first chapter of my dissertation, where I analyze different journalistic efforts
to create a queer readership in Latin America at the end of the twentieth century.

International and Domestic Airfare: 800$

Domestic Ground Travel: 300$ (SP- Sao Roque incl.)
Lodging: 300$
Meals: 300$
Research Supplies (Books): 250$
Tickets to Exhibits: 50$
Queer Culture under Dictatorship

Alternative media such as tabloids were important for the consolidation of an LGBT+ movement
in Brazil.

From 1979 to 1981, Lampião da Esquina published work from different plastic artists and
literary writers, turning into the first journal created entirely by homosexual men and addressed
to a homosexual public in Brazil. During times of strong political repression, this journal-tabloid
published some of the most daring pieces about homosexual desire, envisioning a

The thirty-two numbers were devoted to stage and discuss an openly politicized, highly critical
gay movement: one that understood the cultural force of art and literature as instances for
collective reinvention. Two of the original founders of this journal were the multi-disciplinary
artist Darcy Penteado (whose entire archive I visited) as well as the writer and journalist Celso
Curi, who I met in person during my visit to Brazil.

irst was a museum exhibition called Crônicas Cariocas, which focused on the peoples and
influences that have convened in Rio since the mid-nineteenth century until today. The
exhibition had a specific section dedicated to queer history, showcasing photographs, paintings,
and ephemera from different social movements in Rio. The

A one-page report would be fine, it should address your experience, why it was helpful, and any
challenge you might have encountered.

A movement is a collective form of political action, one that seeks to intervene in the generalized
division of the sensitive and the real.