Da imagem à ação

Ao ler obra do jurista Pontes de Miranda na qual ele comentava o art. 138 da Constituição de 1934 que, dentre outras coisas, previa o estímulo estatal à educação eugênica, chamou a atenção o seu silêncio quanto a esse ponto. Intrigado, li outra obra do mesmo autor. Nela, ele tratou sobre o racismo dirigido aos negros. Curioso é que, embora vivendo aqui já pudesse constatar tal situação, a abordagem referida foi trazida após o jurista morar por dois anos nos EUA.

Similar fenômeno parece acometer outros brancos no Brasil. Impactados pelas notícias relativas às manifestações antirracistas nos EUA, parecem começar a perceber parte do que instituições confiáveis demonstram há anos. Agora, talvez sejam capazes de se dar conta do trato inadequado de questões ligadas à igualdade, à história, à cultura e aos direitos fundamentais no campo da educação. Quem sabe até venham a perceber a injusta distribuição de equipamentos públicos e da estrutura da segurança em nossas cidades? Quem sabe possam enxergar a ocupação assimétrica dos espaços de poder e dos postos de trabalho com maior remuneração?

Fortes imagens oriundas do exterior auxiliaram na diminuição da invisibilidade da situação dos negros no Brasil. Elas chegaram simultaneamente com notícias sobre mortes ocorridas em nosso solo, reforçando as ações dos movimentos negros locais e descortinando um Brasil em desvantagem. Todavia, o despertar é insuficiente. É preciso realizar.

Há numerosas evidências dos danos decorrentes dos fenômenos raciais, mas saber que elas existem não significa vontade de buscar soluções, tampouco que o que aflige a comunidade negra adentrará as agendas políticas. É imprescindível que, nos âmbitos público e privado, haja comprometimento, planejamento, execução, avaliação, atenção à infraestrutura e foco em resultados e em impactos concretos positivos. Do contrário, as imagens referidas não serão convertidas em ação, restando como vagas lembranças ou como notícias impactantes e fugazes.

Jorge Terra

Procurador do Estado/RS

Presidente da Comissão da Verdade sobre a Escravidão Negra da OAB/RS

• postado em Junho de 2020 e publicado no Jornal Zero Hora de Porto Alegre/RS na mesma época.

SEDER DE PESSACH

Do seder de Pessach da SIBRA, em 2021, a Comissão da Verdade sobre a Escravidão Negra da OAB/RS teve a honra de participar.

Aqueles que perseveram pela paz, pela harmonia e pelo respeito precisam sentar à mesma mesa e aprender uns com os outros.

Assista esse momento importante de reflexão e de aprendizagem.

Acesse pelo seguinte link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6mHhk2TGMA

Jorge Terra

LGBTQIA+ Terminology

Common Terms associated with the LGBTQIA+ community:

Ally – Someone who confronts heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia,
transphobia, heterosexual and genderstraight privilege in themselves and others; has a concern for the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people; and a belief that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are social justice issues.

Bisexual – A person emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to males/men and females/women. This attraction does not have to be equally split between genders and there may be a preference for one gender over others.

Coming Out – May refer to the process by which one accepts one’s own sexuality, gender identity, or status as an intersex person (to “come out” to oneself). May also refer to the process by which one shares one’s sexuality, gender identity, or intersex status with others (to “come out” to friends, etc.). This can be a continual, life-long process for homosexual, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex individuals.

Gay – 1. Term used in some cultural settings to represent males who are attracted to males in a romantic, erotic and/or emotional sense. Not all men who engage in “homosexual behavior” identify as gay, and as such this label should be used with caution. 2. Term used to refer to the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole, or as an individual identity label for anyone who does not identify as heterosexual.

Gender Identity – A person’s sense of being masculine, feminine, or other gendered.

Lesbian – Term used to describe female-identified people attracted romantically, erotically, and/or emotionally to other female-identified people. The term lesbian is derived from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos and as such is sometimes considered a Eurocentric category that does not necessarily represent the identities of African-Americans and other non-European ethnic groups. This being said, individual female-identified people from diverse ethnic groups, including African-Americans, embrace the term ‘lesbian’ as an identity label.

LGBTQIA+ – A common abbreviation for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Pansexual, Transgender, Genderqueer, Queer, Intersex, Agender, Asexual and other queer-identifying community.

Queer – 1. An umbrella term which embraces a matrix of sexual orientations and habits of the not-exclusively- heterosexual-and-monogamous majority. Queer includes lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, trans people, intersex persons, the radical sex communities, and many other sexually transgressive (underworld) explorers. 2. This term is sometimes used as a sexual orientation label instead of ‘bisexual’ as a way of acknowledging that there are more than two genders to be attracted to, or as a way of stating a non-heterosexual orientation without having to state who they are attracted to. 3. A reclaimed word that was formerly used solely as a slur but that has been semantically overturned by members of the maligned group, who use it as a term of defiant pride. ‘Queer’ is an example of a word undergoing this process. For decades ‘queer’ was used solely as a derogatory adjective for gays and lesbians, but in the 1980s the term began to be used by gay and lesbian activists as a term of self-identification. Eventually, it came to be used as an umbrella term that included gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people. Nevertheless, a sizable percentage of people to whom this term might apply still hold ‘queer’ to be a hateful insult, and its use by heterosexuals is often considered offensive. Similarly, other reclaimed words are usually offensive to the in-group when used by outsiders, so extreme caution must be taken concerning their use when one is not a member of the group.

Sex – A medical term designating a certain combination of gonads, chromosomes, external gender organs, secondary sex characteristics and hormonal balances. Because usually subdivided into ‘male’ and ‘female’, this category does not recognize the existence of intersex bodies.

Sex Identity – How a person identifies physically: female, male, in between, beyond, or neither.

Sexual Orientation – The desire for intimate emotional and/or sexual
relationships with people of the same gender/sex, another gender/sex, or multiple genders/sexes.

Trans – An abbreviation that is sometimes used to refer to a gender variant person. This use allows a person to state a gender variant identity without having to disclose hormonal or surgical status/intentions. This term is sometimes used to refer to the gender variant community as a whole.

Transgender – A person who lives as a member of a gender other than that expected based on anatomical sex. Sexual orientation varies and is not dependent on gender identity.

Ze / Hir – Alternate pronouns that are gender neutral and preferred by some gender variant persons. Pronounced /zee/ and /here/ they replace “he”/”she” and “his”/”hers” respectively. Other gender neutral pronouns include They/Them/Their.

Full pdf of Terminology

fonte: Gender and Sexuality Student Services – Illinois University