Virtual LGBTI+phobia: notes on an ethnography in virtual communities on Facebook

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Adriano da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Njaine, Kathie, Batista Moreira Oliveira, Queiti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/3161
• topic: Homofobia; Minorias sexuais e de gênero; Violência; Discriminação social; Redes sociais on-line; Homophobia; Online social networking; Sexual and gender minorities; Violence; Social discrimination; Homofobia; Redes sociales en línea; Minorías sexuales y de género; Violencia; Discriminación

The article discusses LGBTI+phobia in virtual environments, based on the virtual ethnography of two virtual communities on Facebook, “Brasil sem ideologia de gênero” [“Brazil without gender ideology”] and “Não à ditadura gay” [“No gay dictatorship”]. The silent observation (lurking) occurred between 2018 and 2019, in 75 posts. This was followed by a script to identify the characteristics of members, the interaction profile, the architecture of the communities, and also the members’ perception about expressions of sexuality and gender dissident of the heteronormativity. LGBTI+phobia starts to become more noticeable from hate speeches of an ultra-conservative and symbolic nature, using elements such as humor, politics, and scientific data misrepresentation, delegitimizing the  xistence of the LGBTI+ population, justifying the withdrawal of rights, and minimizing their agendas. The need for observation of companies responsible for these digital environments was highlighted, in addition to pointing out the need for digital literacy of the population, in order to enable them to critically and responsibly use these digital environments.