Construção e gestão da identidade homossexual das lésbicas em Moçambique

Abstract

In this monograph entitled “Construction and Management of Lesbian Homosexual Identity in Mozambique” we present a sociological approach to the processes of identity construction and management of lesbian women affiliated to the Lambda Association in the city of Maputo. The main objective of the study was to understand how lesbian women build and manage their identity through the interactions they maintain in the different spaces they attend. To analyze the proposed theme, Erving Goffman's theory of Stigma (1980) and three fundamental concepts were used, namely, "social identity" to capture the identity dimension of homosexuality, "sexuality" to understand homosexuality and "stigma" to understand based on this the behavior adopted by homosexuals. In methodological terms, we are guided by the hypothetical-deductive approach and the monographic procedure. In the field work, literature review and semi-structured interviews were used. The results reveal that lesbian women assume the homosexual identity and adopt a set of image management strategies that include the omission of sexual orientation in certain sociability spaces such as school, family and friendship circles