Participation, public policies and the brazilian LGBT movement between 2003 and 2014

Abstract

The article analyzes the relationship between the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) movement with the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff based on their participatory policies. Empirical studies by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) point to a significant expansion of the institutional structure of participation, centered on the increase of National Conferences and National Councils of Public Policies. Based on qualitative studies, the political participation of the LGBT movement as a subordinate group generated ties of dependence on material and symbolic resources, making the group conform within the State and not before it. This impacted on their autonomy and organization, generating the active adhesion and consensus of the subordinate group with the power bloc. By compromising the constitution of the movement as an autonomous political subject, the relation points to the hegemony exercised by the government over the LGBT population.