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Queering Development
Introduction
In Latin America, there is a lot of struggle between heterosexual women and queer women who are trying to pursue feminism
There was a lot of focus on the aids epidemic, which centered around men, so there was very little funding for women's groups or LGBT work
This chapter explores the idea of queering development and its effect on lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women
Historical Regulation of Sexuality and Gender in Latin America
In most Latin American countries, homosexuality is criminalized and gay men, sex workers, ect. are brutally murdered. There is a lot of violence around any queer people in this reigon
LGBT activists have helped these issues in Latin America and try to help by explaining how Western categories of sexuality are damaging
The term "gay" started in the 70's in Latin America and researchers in the region tried to make it mean something different than what it means for Americans
Institutionalized Heterosexuality and Women's Lives
Heterosexism has an effect on Third World Women and their gender identities, especially when it comes to their role within family life
Bolivian president linked gender and family together, which normalizes heteronormativity and regulates it in a familial context
Women are included in developmentalism, but they are given very gendered roles- mostly tied to family and heterosexuality
Legal and social codes like these lock queer people out and leave them out of the dialogue
LGBT Movements and Politics of Development
LGBT groups are among the first to challenge instiutionalizeed heteronormativity
The AIDS epidemic sparked change for LGBT rights in Bolivia, meaning that a lot of gay males have more power and funding than lesbian women
The idea that homosexuality is derived from the West and Third World countries do not take part in damaging
Queer women have had to pave their own way to make change in Latin America by creating activist groups and writing informational texts
Activism and Research in Latin America
Some suggestions for research on women, sexuality, and development, are rethinking "the family", researching LGBT lives, denaturalizing institutional heterosexuality, viewing sexual rights as a development issue, and LGBT forms of resistance