Abstract
This article examines LGBT identities, relations, and policies in the sertão (arid backlands) of Paraíba, Brazil. It considers the life story of Jonas, one of the author's interlocutors, and presents information about the LGBT Group Forum Catolé (a non-governmental organization) and the lives of gay, lesbian, transvestite and transgender people in an isolated region of Brazil. It then explores the vicissitudes and suffering of the protagonist of the text, using the notions of intersectionality and difference to analyze not only the history and trajectory of a specific subject but the scenario of political-moral geography that characterizes Brazilian life today.
LGBT Movement; Sexuality; Gender; Intersectionality; Difference