Afetos, transgressões, corpos e trânsitos: um rolê cartográfico pelo circuito sapatão entre Niterói e Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This work aimed to delve into the experience of certain lesbian women in social spaces dedicated to and constructed by them. These spaces, both physical and symbolic, are where they build their understandings of sexuality, bodies, performances, instances of violence and safety, as well as social networks through encounters and relationships established in these spaces. The cartographic research was conducted from July 2022 to August 2023, involving participant observations in lesbian social spaces and events, along with interviews with three women located in key places that promote and facilitate various gatherings within this specific community. Questioning heteronormativity through the lesbian experience and what is referred to as "mofo" (mold), in an attempt to "translate" the untranslatable aspects of this experience, opens up the possibility of constructing "fungal networks" of various configurations, as well as sapphic refuges that enable modes of collective resistance to normativity and capitalism.