Homophobic violence and corporality among homosexual men: A theoretical proposal.

Abstract

This article deals with a theoretical proposal problematizing the participation of corporal materiality as a subject's analytical and constituent dimension via the phenomenon of homophobic violence (HV) among homosexual men. This proposal emerges from two stages: first, the identification of two gaps: the invisibility of the processes of HV in research and the invisibility of the constitutive role of the body in the processes of HV, as well as of the homosexual subject. The second stage is to cause tension between the analytical tools of cognitive social psychology and two feminist standpoints that suggest addressing corporal materiality, such as Sara Ahmed's concept of "orientation" and Judith Butler's "performativity," to examine HV processes. And then, a proposal is constructed, which gives light on the body as a materiality that empowers or depowers the subject, together with the phenomenon of violence from its shape and movement. Second, it visibilizes a HV process scarcely addressed by social sciences. Finally, this article proposes, from a political and situated standing, that future studies can take charge of HV, corporality, and the present negative consequences of this phenomenon on LGBT subjects (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender individuals). Public Significance StatementIn this theoretical study, we present a proposal for an approach to corporality, thinking of it through its physical structure in conjunction with movement, as constitutive of the subject, in this case homosexual, and of the processes of homophobic violence that emerge in homosexual men's relationships. This is a contribution to the understanding of the human being as well as a contribution to rethinking corporality and the processes of homophobic violence.

Autoepistemology when disentangling “North and South Entanglements”.

“…Albornoz Fuentes and Barrientos Delgado (2023) discuss homophobic violence among homosexual men. My first question is why “we” should focus on this topic given the reemergence of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other gender identities (LGBTQ+), sexual orientations or related communities sentiments and actions around the world.…”

Special issue on North and South Entanglements.

“…Another important feature of accompaniment is illuminated by Albornoz and Delgado (2023), who present Homophobic Violence and Corporality Among Homosexual Men: A Theoretical Proposal . This article presents a novel orientation to violence that addresses violence among homosexual men instead of homophobic acts by heterosexual persons against nonheterosexual persons.…”

“…The articles by Albornoz and Delgado (2023) and Nikerson and Schongut-Grollmus’ (2023) discuss very serious topics that first rupture ideas that may be second nature. The discussion of homophobic violence among homosexual men makes us aware of a domain of violence that many folks have never considered.…”