This article is a reflection on the "Miss Caipira Gay" and "Miss Caipira Mix" pageants, sponsored by the town and state governments during the June Festivities in the state capital of Pará. Based on fieldwork conducted in 2012 and 2013, the text seeks to discuss the actions of local governments with regard to the prominent role given to gay, travesti and transexual in the programming of June Festivities by municipal and state culture development agencies. The dance and beauty pageants operate an articulation of social markers of difference such as gender, sexuality, race, class, generation and ethnicity.
June Festivities; beauty pageants; homosexuality; transgender; social markers of difference