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0377/2023 - Digital activism about gay fatherhood on Instagram: male homoparenting in the picture
Ativismo digital sobre paternidade gay no Instagram: a homoparentalidade masculina em cena

Author:

• Juliana Araujo Mesquita - Mesquita, J. A. - <juliana.a.mesquita@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9337-5677

Co-author(s):

• Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento - Nascimento, M. A. F - <m2nascimento@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3363-4232


Abstract:

In contemporary Brazil, the number of male fathers taking care of their sons and daughters and the initiatives to produce content about fatherhood on Instagram have been significant. This article aims to analyze the concepts that support the digital activism of homoparenthood on Instagram, based on gender studies with men. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted using the life narrative method in a digital environment. The results were analyzed and divided into the following sections: parenting project, personal experience of fatherhood, articulation with LGBT political agenda, when parenthood becomes a “business,” and haters, criticism, and adverse reactions. It is concluded that the reflection on the experience of fatherhood/masculinity itself, crossed by the social marker of the difference in sexual orientation and the activism for rights that sustain content production. Thus, the uniqueness of each fatherhood is highlighted, as the fact of being gay constructs the particular fatherhood experience for each man. Despite the initiatives exposed, the changes are still developing, as rights activism coexists with the advancement of conservative forces, which limit the expressions of sexual and gender otherness.

Keywords:

Paternity. Masculinity. Homosexuality Male. Political Activism. Social Media.

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Mesquita, J. A., Nascimento, M. A. F. Digital activism about gay fatherhood on Instagram: male homoparenting in the picture. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Dec). [Citado em 19/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/digital-activism-about-gay-fatherhood-on-instagram-male-homoparenting-in-the-picture/19003?id=19003



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