Recovering Pride through research practice

Abstract

In recent years, LGBTI+ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and others) Pride commemorations have gone viral through social media platforms and mainstream media. Institutions such as sports clubs, universities, government sectors, and of course businesses, share greetings for this day. 

These mass events, representing those of us who live outside the heterosexual norm, operate as interventions in public space, a place of community gathering, and disrupt the flow of heterosexual society by making demands on the living conditions of these populations. What is striking is how these commemorations shifted toward a rather celebratory logic that at times seemed to forget the political power that marked their birth.

In this article, I will review the politics of LGBTI+ Pride, reconstructing events prior to the first commemoration of the Stonewall Riot (where the idea of Pride began to take shape). I also add the experience of Argentina to then analyze the specifics of Pride in San Juan.