Anti-trans attacks in sports: a necessary update
By Nana Soares. In July 2022, we published an article echoing and contextualising the guidelines then adopted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) regarding the participation of trans women in their competitions. As we highlight in the article, gender policing in sports is not a new debate, but it is one that has intensified and taken on new forms in recent years.
Anti-trans drive in US: compilation of 2023 so far (English and Portuguese)
Maping and tracking Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures – American Civil Liberties Union 2023 anti-trans bills tracker – Trans Legislation
Turkey: Erdogan reelection and democracy downturn
How Recep Tayyip Erdogan became Turkey’s most powerful leader – NPR Türkiye election result – why do people vote for authoritarian leaders? – IDS
Sexual Politics in 2022: Retrospective
>> Read in PDF << First words In 2022, we adjusted our perspective for monitoring and analyzing sexual politics. In the previous two years, our
Sexual Politics from August to November 2022
>> Download as PDF << Preface Due to its relevance in Brazil and the rest of the world, we rescheduled the publication of our newsletter

US 2022 midterm elections: a compilation (English and Portuguese)
English US midterm elections: Democrats retain control of Senate as House race still undecided – as it happened – The Guardian Red Tsunami? More Like
Uýra Sodom’s organised revolt
By Sonia Corrêa Uýra Sodoma is a non-binary Amazonian performance artist. She is intersectional in every sense. In one of her multiple layers, Uýra is
Sexual politics in June 2022: regressions and threats to abortion and LGBTQIA+ rights
In early July, we issued the Spanish version of our sexual politics bulletin, published in Portuguese and English in early June. More complete and updated,
The new anti-trans women rules in elite sports: the new face of an old ‘problem’
By Nana Soares The International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced at the World Championship, held in June in Budapest, a new technical-medical rule to regulate the
Pride parades: the current target of anti-LGBT forces
If the LGBT+ population is already under attack in the legal and policy realms, this year we have observed a new and worrying trend: the