Abstract
Homophobia consists of crimes, demonization, pathologization, physical and psychological violence, often leading to the extermination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, transsexual and intersex people in the contemporary world, without persons who commit acts being punished. This violence is constituted by the heteronormative, heterocentric and heterodetermined hierarchical system against the visibility of the genres and non-hegemonic sexualities. This article aims to analyze the matrix of the concept of homophobia and the various forms of manifestations of violence against genders and sexualities. The authors start from the definition of “phobia” in psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis, to analyze the homophobia and its vicissitudes. We argue that the term homophobia does not spell out the various manifestations of aggression against the LGBTI+ population by discussing historical and social markers and suggest the term “phobic violence in genders and sexuality” to explain the precariousness of life and vulnerability of the LGBTI + population.
Performativity; Violence; Genders; Sexualities