This article approaches the gender problem as it appears in groups which stand for sexual equality and not discrimination. Since they are groups which have equality as one of their main goals, at first glance we could assume that the gender problem is not present among them. However, examining more closely the tensions and conflicts established in an organized homosexual group made up of both women and men, it is possible to demonstrate that, under those tensions and conflicts, there are different views of sexuality and action, established according to perceived attributes by the very actors involved as male or female. In the situation which was studied, the intensity of this problem was such that it resulted in the dissidence of some members and the formation of another group. A dichotomy was established between a group that claims for citizenship (seen as universal) and the other, dealing with issues that were seen as specific and "female", with a (re)position of gender hierarchies by both groups.
Sexual identity; gender identity