Trans-Neoliberalism? A Critical Reading of Colombian LGTBI NGOs and Trans Women’s Rights Activism

Based on criticism of NGOzation movements as a way to domesticate and depoliticize collective action, this work discusses the operation of NGOs that defend the rights of the LGBTI population —specifically trans women— in three Colombian cities: Cali, Bogotá and Barranquilla. Using ethnographic techn...

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Published in:Desafios (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2019-01, Vol.31 (1), p.45-81
Main Authors: Buchely, Lina Fernanda, Salas Herrera, Natalia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collective action
Complementarity
fetichismo legal
Gender
Gender stereotypes
Legal Fetishism
LGBTI
LGBTQ people
litigio estratégico
litígio estratégico
Mobilization
Neoliberalism
NGOs
NGOzation
Nongovernmental organizations
ONG
ongización
ongização
Stereotypes
Strategic litigation
Transgender persons
Women
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Summary:Based on criticism of NGOzation movements as a way to domesticate and depoliticize collective action, this work discusses the operation of NGOs that defend the rights of the LGBTI population —specifically trans women— in three Colombian cities: Cali, Bogotá and Barranquilla. Using ethnographic techniques, the authors analyze three organizations that defend the rights associated to sexual diversity and focus on their interactions with the trans-population, maintaining that the organizations defraud their operational goals in at least three ways: (i) they focus on legal mobilization —which promotes symbolic rather than material changes— as their main strategy;(ii) they reinforce polemic gender stereotypes that end up affecting the very population they defend; and (iii) they maintain relationships of instrumentalization, cooptation, and complementarity with the people they claim to represent.
ISSN:0124-4035
2145-5112
DOI:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.6640