Os Cinemões do Centro de Fortaleza (CE): Uma Leitura Sobre as Dissidências Sexuais e de Gênero na Produção do Espaço Urbano.

The porn cinemas (known as cinemões in Brazil) located in the Center of Fortaleza (CE), Brazil, emerged in the second half of the 20th century, enabling the socialization and experience of dissident sexualities from the city's compulsory heteronormativity. We situated their emergence concurrently with the production of Fortaleza's urban space, identifying that they are consolidated amidst a devaluated downtown area as a venue that was destined to the elite's consumption and entertainment. Field records, reports, and search on virtual social networks allowed us to interpret these porn cinemas as spaces where multiple masculinities coexist. Besides sexual desires, the 'cinemões' enable meetings between friends, exchanges of experiences, affections, and memories. When thinking geographically about these cinemas, we move towards an open and relational interpretation of the space that allows us to highlight the multiple meanings found there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]