Quem, tem medo da bixa travesty? Invenções utópicas em Linn da Quebrada

Abstract

The oppression and the violence to which the LGBTQIA+ people have been subjected over the years in Brazil are unquestionable evidence of the founding character that heterosexism and cisheteronormativity assume in the construction of our society. The country has figured in the highest positions in the rankings of lgbtphobia, receiving the title of country that kills the most travestis and transsexuals in the world, according to data from the National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals (NATT). In spite of that, some impulses have been taken, aiming to trace escape routes from this reality and to escape from the lgbtphobic logic in which we are inserted. Linn da Quebrada, a Brazilian multimedia artist, has used her body – through her compositions, performances, speeches, etc. – as a stage for facing the threats that cis-heterosexism, masculinities and whiteness impose on dissident bodies. Therefore, I propose, from the perspective of a pajubariana ethics (FAVERO, 2020), a bibliographic cuirization and approximation routes between gender and queer/cuir studies and the critical studies of utopia to analyze a cut of songs by the artist, focusing on her debut album, Pajubá, reflecting on the ways in which her body, her art and her artivism (SANT’ANA, 2017) allow us (or summon us to) dream new possibilities of being in the world.