The Criminalization of Sexual Diversity and the Beginning of the Gay Activism in Costa Rica, 1985-1989

The Criminalization of Sexual Diversity and the Beginning of the Gay Activism in Costa Rica, 1985-1989

Authors

  • José Daniel Jiménez Bolaños Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i1.1121

Keywords:

Sexual diversity, homosexuality, criminalization, activism, abjection

Abstract

This article examines, using journalistic discourse as a primary source for analysis, theway in which theemergenceof HIV/AIDS inCosta Ricain the mid-1980s led toa process of sexual diversity´s criminalization, specially towards gay men. Thiscriminalizationisstructured througha dynamicwhere socialabjection was materializedinto actionby the state, foundinglegitimacy in the citizenship. The persecution ofpeople who practicedoridentifiedwith anon-normative sexuality, especially in keyplaces of socialization, resulted in organization and activism. This politicizationof identitiesis a process thatcontinuesto rebuild itselfand is part of theCosta Rican sociallandscape.

Author Biography

José Daniel Jiménez Bolaños, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)

Costarricense, Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad de Costa Rica. Actualmente cursa la Maestría Académica en Historia en esta misma universidad y labora como historiador en el Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica. Entre sus temas de interés investigativo figuran la historia de la sexualidad, la historia social, los estudios relacionados con población LGBT y la teoría queer.

Published

2016-01-03

How to Cite

Jiménez Bolaños, José Daniel. 2016. “The Criminalization of Sexual Diversity and the Beginning of the Gay Activism in Costa Rica, 1985-1989”. Revista Rupturas 1 (1):61-90. https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i1.1121.

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