LGBTQ Education, Gender Ideology and the New Far Right in Brazil [cuny.us12.list-manage.com]

Thursday, February 27th, 6:30-8:30 pm
Room 9206
CUNY, The Graduate Center [cuny.us12.list-manage.com]
Co-sponsor: Center for the Study of Women and Society/Women’s Studies Certificate Program

Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency in 2018 in part by mobilizing conservative opposition to policies to combat lgbtqphobia and promote gender equality instituted by Worker’s Party administrations. This presentation will map and contextualize political disputes around sexual and gender diversity education, linking these to movements for democratic enlargement and conservative restoration in the last two decades.

Alexandre Bortolini

Brazilian LGBTQ activist, and Master in Education. PhD Student in Education at Universidade de São Paulo. Visiting Researcher at CUNY’s Ph.D. Program in Sociology. Fulbright Grantee. Coordinator of the Sexual Diversity Project at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro from 2006-2016, focused on education in gender and sexuality under the “Brazil Without Homophobia” Program. Coordinator for Human Rights at the Ministry of Education from 2013-2015, monitoring educational policies on gender and sexuality.

**This event is free and open to the public**

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