“Busco semelhantes”: Reflexões sobre intimidade, identidade e desejo homossexual masculino

Daniel Boianovsky Kveller

doi:10.5020/23590777.rs.v26i1.e14723

Authors

Daniel Boianovsky Kveller University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9158-0220

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v26i1.e14723

Keywords:

homosexuality, psychoanalysis, queer theory

Abstract

This essay combines elements from psychoanalysis and queer theory to analyze the intricate interplay between intimacy, identity, and homosexual desire. It commences by delving into the realms of cruising and barebacking, two practices among men characterized by their inherent risk and a certain degree of unfamiliarity with sexual partners. Following that, it probes into the recent shift in dynamics surrounding the quest for sexual partners, driven by the emergence of geolocation apps. The central argument posits that these practices establish a unique connection with 'the other,' rooted less in the dynamics of recognition and familiarity, and more in a collective endeavor to dissolve the boundaries of the self.

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Author Biography

Daniel Boianovsky Kveller, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2013), with a Multiprofessional Residency in Health from the Public Health School of Rio Grande do Sul (2015). Master's degree in Psychoanalysis: Clinic and Culture from UFRGS (2017). Ph.D. in Social and Institutional Psychology from UFRGS (2021, CAPES scholar), including a doctoral sandwich period at Tufts University under the Institutional Program for Internationalization (PRINT/CAPES). Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology and the Graduate Program in Psychoanalysis: Clinic and Culture at UFRGS, as well as Director of the Psychological Services Clinic at the same university. Member of the Psychoanalysis, Subjectivation, and Contemporary Culture Working Group of the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP), the Sex, Gender, and Power Working Group of the Inter-American Network of Psychoanalysis and Politics (RedIPPol), and coordinator of Contranatura: Nucleus for Teaching, Research, and Extension in Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and Gender.

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