Within the ranks of the global feminist movement, art has played an important part in structuring and developing a critical discourse which has shattered the fundamental inequalities between women and men. Initially focused on claims for judicial regulation and political rights for white, heterosexual women, the feminist discourse \u2013 or to put it more accurately, some radical feminist positions \u2013 also focuses on sexual and gender minorities. The need to question the state-endorsed heteronormativity joined forces with the freedom from the patriarchal logic and sexism: \u201cUntil all of us are free, all of us are prisoners\u201d is the premise for practices deriving from the sphere of queer, anti-racist and anti-transphobic feminist discourses.<\/p>\n
Alongside feminism, sexual revolution and LGBT activism (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) become important stakes in achieving equality in contemporary societies.<\/p>\n
Issue #6 of Gazeta de Art<\/b>\u0103 Politic\u0103<\/b> <\/b>aims to investigate artistic projects and theoretical reflections which make visible the following:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marginal discourses on sexual orientation and gender identity, approached from a perspective which is critical of mainstream heteronormative discourse;<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A critique of consumerist public representations which privilege a hyper-sexualized image of a \u201cwoman-accessory\u201d, visible only if she is manifestly sexual;<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Groups oppressed due to exhibiting sexual habits different from the behavioral norm imposed by Christian morals and coercive social rules;<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rights of sexual and gender minorities.<\/p>\n
If part of neoliberal feminism has entered the mainstream, radical and queer feminism remains marginal both in society and the art scene.<\/p>\n
Issue #6 of Gazeta de Art<\/b>\u0103 Politic\u0103<\/b> \u2013 Art Gender and Sexuality <\/b>\u2013 aims to scrutinize cultural and artistic projects, queer feminist discourses and emancipatory perspectives on sexuality and gender identity. We welcome your reviews, essays, analyses or interviews on this theme. They will be published in the website of the Gazeta<\/b>.<\/p>\n