O duplo na maternidade lésbica: cartografia e decolonialidade

Abstract

The Federal Constitution of 1988 is an important milestone in the transformation of the family in Brazil, affirming equality between men and women, recognizing offspring with the same rights, regardless of their origin, and not requiring marriage as necessary for the constitution of a family. Since the 1990s, in different countries, there has been a search for the recognition of same-gender couples, a phenomenon heavily marked by AIDS, which led to the death of many gay men, causing emotional and financial distress to their partners. In the early 2000s, adoption became a legal reality for male couples and female couples, marking a new era. In 2011, another significant legal milestone occurred: the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court recognized the stable union between same-sex individuals as a family entity. These changes certainly allowed lesbian motherhood to be thematized and come out of invisibility. The objective of this thesis was to discuss lesbian dual motherhood. From the perspective of feminist cartography and with the support of decolonial feminism, interviews were conducted with 7 white middle-class women who recognize their motherhoods as lesbian, whether or not they are currently in a conjugal relationship. Thinking about the effects of this duplicity of anatomically recognized female bodies and the specificities of this family formation, we put on the agenda pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding. The maternal experience of the mother who did not carry, the ROPA, the dual breastfeeding and double puerperium contribute strongly to the discussion regarding what constitutes motherhood, redefining the place of biology and highlighting coexistence and care as fundamental hallmarks of this exercise.