Between Progress and Backlash: The Transnational Struggle for LGBTI Rights

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Laira Rocha Tenca, Universidade de Brasília

É doutoranda em Ciência Política na Universidade de Brasília, bolsista CAPES, e pesquisadora visitante na Royal Holloway University of London e na University of Minnesota, onde realiza estágio de pesquisa como Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Awardee. Desenvolve pesquisa e produções culturais, atuando em temas como políticas de gênero e sexualidade, direitos LGBTI e democracia na América Latina.

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2025-07-31

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Tenca, L. R. (2025). Between Progress and Backlash: The Transnational Struggle for LGBTI Rights. Revista Estudos Feministas, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2025v33n2104321

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