We versus them: Biopolitical hate against LGBT population on Marco Feliciano’s Twitter

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i2.1724

Keywords:

Media and religion, Social media, Marco Feliciano, Twitter, Sexuality, LGBT, Biopolitical hate.

Abstract

In this article, we aim to analyze the activism of brazilian pastor and federal deputy Marco Feliciano in order to offer opposition to legislation and guidelines related to sexuality and gender, such as bill nº 122/2006, better known as ‘anti-homophobia’. In order to do so, we analyze the messages posted by Feliciano in his official account on Twitter during the year 2011. The methodology used is the discursive analysis, including the pastor acting as triggering a tension between the political, religious and media fields. It is concluded from the analysis that the posts of Marco Feliciano express biopolitical hate against the LGBT, seen as populations to be eliminated and that threaten the current cisgender heterosexual order.

Author Biographies

Aline Roes Dalmolin, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria, RS

Doutorado em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos.

Marina Martinuzzi Castilho, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria, RS

Mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.

Márcia Zanin Feliciani, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria, RS

Graduação em Comunicação Social (Produção Editorial) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.

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Published

2019-06-28

How to Cite

Dalmolin, A. R., Castilho, M. M., & Feliciani, M. Z. (2019). We versus them: Biopolitical hate against LGBT population on Marco Feliciano’s Twitter. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i2.1724

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2019): Dossiê 40 anos do movimento LGBT no Brasil: comunicação, saúde e direitos humanos

Section

Dossiê: 40 anos do movimento LGBT no Brasil: comunicação, saúde e direitos humanos

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