Homosexuality and role building

Abstract

In the history of formation of occident we will find many stories that show us the existence of the homosexuals, as well as how this relation form is faced for the society, beginning for the Hebrews, passing for the Greeks and Romans until the slavery of the blacks in Brazil. The present article intends to trace a historical profile with the intention of helping to understand the binary construction of genus, and its relation with the roles attributed and assumed by homosexuals, as well as participating of a dialogue where it can create possibilities of agreements for these questions related to the homosexuals and reflect on the possible changes in favor of the reduction of the discrimination against homosexuals.