Sexual Politics from April to July 2026
For this issue we once again invited Fabeni to a conversation as to hear him about the complicated geopolitics of the new papacy – particularly the open confrontation with Trump – but also prospective directions of current Vatican´s LGBTQI+ politics.
Revisiting Ana Mendieta
In November 2015, we have published a brief note on Ana Mendieta´s artwork, which underlined the central place of bodies particularly her own body, in her prolific production of performative interventions. Mendieta´s aesthetics is not about the female body in itself, but rather about body as part of the world and imprinted on its surfaces.
Behind the Scenes of the Senate’s Approval of PDL 3 — An Interview with Laura Molinari
To discuss the process that led to the approval of PDL 3, as well as to assess the political landscape following the vote and the future challenges facing the movement for abortion rights in Brazil, we interviewed Laura Molinari, co-coordinator of the “Neither Imprisoned Nor Dead” Campaign.
The new dimensions of anti-gender politics in Brazil: report
This brief report was prepared by ANTRA-SPW-NUH/UFMG to inform the international public about these developments, which occurred immediately prior to the ILGA LAC Conference. It recaps and synthesizes the findings of recent reports on the current state of anti-gender politics in Brazil, with a special focus on the growing role of feminist currents that exclude trans people in the Brazilian context.
Mixed Signals: Gender Politics in March 2026
For several decades now, March has been the month when women’s rights are celebrated. The original intent of this newsletter was to draw attention to the mixed and disturbing signals we observe in the troubled landscape of March 2026.
Blurred Boundaries: English summary
This paper examines the emergence, consolidation, and political effects of antigender and trans-exclusionary feminist currents in Brazil between the 2010s and mid2020s, as mapped in Fronteiras Borradas: Movimentos Feministas e de Mulheres e Política Antigênero no Brasil (2025).
UN rapporteur promotes transphobia during Brazil visit
In meetings at the Supreme Court, Congress, and Brazilian universities, Reem Alsalem made anti-trans statements and was criticized by feminist and LGBTQIAPN+ organizations. By Dany Avelar (AzMina website), translated by SPW.
The Trump administration’s politics of cruelty and its impact on global health
This Commentary – published at Global Public Health – addresses key decisions made and policies approved primarily during the first six months of the second Trump administration in the U.S.A. that affect global health, with an emphasis on their implications for the work of World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S.
Sexual politics in the global disorder of 2025
This is our second and latest bulletin of 2025. It offers a broad overview of events and trends in gender, sexuality, and abortion policy throughout the year to complement the analysis developed in July that addressed the policies implemented by the Trump’s second administration and the US landscape.
Regional and global effects of the US attack on Venezuela: compilation
Since we released our second 2025 bulletin, last December, the world has gotten worse. What happened in Venezuela on January 3, with the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US military forces in Caracas and his imprisonment on US territory, has radically altered the world order, with effects far beyond Latin America.