Gender at the crossroads: a look around the debate on trans experiences in candomblé

Authors

  • wanderson flor do nascimento Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-3476
  • Thiffany Odara Centro de Promoção e Defesa dos Direitos LGBT- BA (CPDD-BA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i14.38132

Abstract

The controversial debate about the presence of transgender people in Candomblé has intensified in recent
years. To collaborate to this debate, this article discusses some ideas present in the terreiro that have been tensioned
in the debate, starting from how terreiros operate regarding their African inheritances to think about reality. The
understanding of tradition, the placement of the body in the terreiro and the impacts of bodily modifications, the
functions of clothing and the attribution of positions offer means to interface the debate with trans experiences in
terreiros, seeking to avoid the colonization of the elements of the debate, while considering the dimension of
welcoming, which has historically characterized the space of the terreiros.

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Author Biographies

wanderson flor do nascimento, Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Docente de Filosofia, Bioética e Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Colidera o Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação, Raça, Gênero e Sexualidades Audre Lorde (GEPERGES Audre Lorde – UFRPE/UnB/CNPq) e integra o Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros (NEAB - CEAM/UnB) e o Núcleo de Estudos de Filosofia Africana Exu do Absurdo (NEFA/UnB). Tata ria Nkisi Nkosi Nambá. Docente de Filosofia, Bioética e Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Colidera o Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação, Raça, Gênero e Sexualidades Audre Lorde (GEPERGES Audre Lorde – UFRPE/UnB/CNPq) e integra o Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros (NEAB - CEAM/UnB) e o Núcleo de Estudos de Filosofia Africana Exu do Absurdo (NEFA/UnB). Tata ria Nkisi Nkosi Nambá. 

Thiffany Odara, Centro de Promoção e Defesa dos Direitos LGBT- BA (CPDD-BA)

Pedagoga, Especialista em Gênero, Raça/etnia e sexualidade, Educadora social e Redutora de Danos do Centro de Promoção e Defesa dos Direitos LGBT- BA (CPDD-BA). Membra do CANDACES -Grupo de Pesquisa de Mulheres Negras da UNEB- Ativista do movimento Negro e LGBT. Ialorixá do Terreiro Oyá Matamba, Lauro de Freitas-Ba.

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Published

2021-01-20

How to Cite

flor do nascimento, wanderson, & Odara, T. (2021). Gender at the crossroads: a look around the debate on trans experiences in candomblé. Revista Periódicus, 1(14), 50–72. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i14.38132

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 14 (2020): Dissidências sexuais e de gênero nas religiões: precisamos mesmo desse tal religare?

Section

DOSSIÊ 14 Dissidências sexuais e de gênero nas religiões

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