Rio de Janeiro | 25 and 26 November, 2009

Troca-trocas is a two-day series of public talks in Rio de Janeiro with artist and curators from Latin America, whom in their practice deal with dissident sexualities and their context-specific cultural significance.

At a historical moment where the Gay International’s globalizing formats of ethics and identification - such as "Gay pride" and "LGBT” as a uniforming label - are adopted in different local contexts around the world, troca-trocas deals with practices that deal with the construction of gender and sexuality in the public sphere in a micro-political experience.

“Troca-trocas” is Portuguese for "exchanges". In the male gay slang of Brazil it refers to "fucking equally", where he who receives also gives and he who gives also receives. However, in the general Brazilian slang, "troca-trocas" also describes the experiences of sexual discovery and experimentation during childhood.

25-26 November, 2009 (18h-20h)
Centro Latino-Americano em Sexualidade e Direitos Humanos
Universidade Estatal do Rio de Janeiro
www.clam.org.br


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