ABSTRACT

The liberation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual subjects (referred from now on as queer or LGBTQ subjects) from oppression, violence and discrimination has been a fundamental item in the agenda of queer politics since at least the 1960s (D’Emilio 1998). As such, queer liberation entangles ideologies of freedom and liberalism (a set of different positions against limitations on freedom) as they inflect the daily life experiences of queer subjects in their encounters and struggles with a variety of forms of power, authority and domination.