A Experiência da Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero no Pará: Espaço Público, Representações e Discursividades.

This aim of this article is the analys is of the experience of sexual and gender diversity in the Brazilian state of Pará, specially in its capital city, Belém, on the methodological basis of 1) the bibliographic al references writ ten by student sand researchers of the Federal University of Pará, 2) the observation of the local configuration of the public space of the LGBT social movements, and 3)the interpretation of the social representation sand the discursive tie son homosexualitys locally elaborated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]