Homossexualidade: processos e etapas de auto afirmação da identidade homossexual na Cidade de Maputo- caso dos membros associados a associação lambda.

Abstract

The present work addresses the issue of homosexuality, from the perspective of men who have sex with other men. I intend to analyze the paths taken by them until they claim to be homosexuals. For its elaboration, I used the qualitative method as a base where I try to analyze interpersonal-interactions from a set of meanings that individuals attribute to their actions. This method presupposes the study of the meanings, motivations, aspirations, attitudes, beliefs and values ​​that are expressed through discourse in daily life. My focus was to analyze the processes of self-affirmation of male homosexuality in the city of Maputo, with a special focus on members of the Lambda association. According to the results obtained, it appears that there are several, and diversified, paths that individuals follow until they assert themselves as homosexuals. These steps depend on individual for individual according to the social environment in which they live. There are “paths” that regardless of individual aspects and trajectories, individuals share in the search for strategies to accept their sexual orientation and claim to be homosexual.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)