title: Local Impacts of Religious Discourses on Rights to Express Same-Sex Sexual Desires in Peri-Urban Rio de Janeiro.
abstract: This article reports on a study that examined how religious discourses of inclusion and exclusion-in Roman Catholic, evangelical Protestant, and Afro-Brazilian religious traditions-affected people's rights to express same-sex sexual desires, behaviors, and identities in the socioeconomically marginalized urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Using extended ethnographic observation of institutions and religious events over a period of 2 years, the authors identified how sexual rights were constructed within religious discourses and conducted ethnographic interviews with 45 religious leaders. In the low-income and violent urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, religious leaders and institutions play key roles in molding community inclusion and exclusion. A comparison of the 3 major religious denominations shows a diversity of discourses about same-sex sexual desires and their impacts on community formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, 5th floor (c/o Mayra Pabon), New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Miguel Muñoz
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Laboy
authors.forename: Vagner
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parker