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Abstract

En este artículo analizo distintos modelos de gestión de la diversidad sexual y de género en la cárcel en el contexto del surgimiento de derechos específicos para presos LGBT+ en Brasil y en México. Mi propuesta se basa en una etnografía multisituada en las dos mayores regiones metropolitanas de América Latina (São Paulo y Ciudad de México) en la que desarrollé observación participante en prisiones varoniles, entrevistas con sobrevivientes de la cárcel, activistas y agentes estatales, así como una amplia investigación bibliográfica y documental. Tras repasar y analizar regímenes anteriores de gestión de diferencias de género y sexualidad en instituciones de confinamiento, argumento que la reciente creación de nuevos sujetos de derechos (como los presos LGBT+) puede reforzar contradicciones estructurales de los sistemas de justicia criminal latinoamericanos.

Alternate abstract:

In this article I analyze different models of management of sexual and gender diversity in prison in the context of the emergence of specific rights for LGBT+ prisoners in Brazil and Mexico. My proposal is based on a multi-situated ethnography in the largest metropolitan regions of Latin America São Paulo and Ciudad de México. I realized participant observation in male prisons, interviews with survivors from incarceration, activists and state agents, as well as broad bibliographic research. After reviewing and analyzing previous regimes of management of gender and sexual differences in confinement institutions, I argue that the recent creation of new subjects of rights (such as LGBT+ prisoners) can reinforce structural contradictions of Latin American criminal justice systems.

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Title
El Deseo de las Leyes y las Leyes del Deseo: los presos LGBT+ en el laberinto carcelario latinoamericano
Alternate title
The Desire of the Laws and the Laws of Desire: LGBT+ Prisoners in the Latin American Confinement Labyrinth
Publication title
Volume
34
Issue
2
Source details
Monográfico: Cárceles: perspectivas antropológicas
Pages
143-163
Number of pages
22
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Section
Monográfico
Publisher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Place of publication
Madrid
Country of publication
Spain
Publication subject
ISSN
1131-558X
e-ISSN
19882831
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-12-05
Milestone dates
2024-12-20 (Submitted); 2025-12-05 (Created); 2025-11-26 (Issued); 2025-12-05 (Modified); 2025-12-05 (Published)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
05 Dec 2025
ProQuest document ID
3285763431
Document URL
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Last updated
2026-01-02
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