Alphabet soup: building a body-chorus towards literacy diversity in basic education

Abstract

In Brazil, it has become common to hear criticisms such as: “Why so many letters in the acronym that represents diversity?” Always in a mocking tone, they accuse LGBTIA+ people of forcing the expansion of existences. Therefore, it is important to dismantle the stereotypes crystallized in common sense that end up fueling LGBTIAphobia. To this end, this work has as its methodological design applied research, starting from reality to propose discussion groups and the construction of a glossary, which aim to broaden the understanding of gender and diversity among the academic community of the Instituto Federal de Sergipe, Campus São Cristóvão. By constructing the reality of new discourses, a central political and pedagogical role is played in the formation of the subject-gender, the body-subject and sexuality. Hence the importance of making the school an environment that deconstructs stereotypes towards respect for diversity and a civic school for everyone.