Homossexualidade, juventude e vulnerabilidade ao HIV/Aids no candomblé fluminense

This paper discusses the organization of sexual partners of young men with homosexual practices, in order to understand what makes them socially more susceptible to the AIDS epidemic. The data discussed here are drawn from ethnographic research in Candomble keto fl uminenses which was operationalized through participant observation, interviews with people in different positions in the priestly hierarchy and biographic narrative interviews with young men with homosexual practices. In the process of analyzing the results about the construction of homosexuality in the context of Candomble were placed in parallel with the results of other studies conducted in other contexts, allowing deepen logical 1 Endereco para correspondencia: Rua Felix de Brito Melo, 258, Apto. 305, Boa Viagem, Recife, PE, Brasil 51020-260. E-mail: lfelipe.rios@gmail.com Este trabalho contou com apoio de diferentes fontes, as quais quero declarar meus agradecimentos: Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); VI Programa Interinstitucional em Metodologia de Pesquisa em Genero, Sexualidade e Saude Reprodutiva do Nucleo de Estudos de Populacao (NEPO) da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp); Programa Genero, Reproducao, Acao e Lideranca (GRAL) da Fundacao Carlos Chagas (FCC); Associacao Brasileira Interdisciplinar de Aids (ABIA); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifi co e Tecnologico (CNPq), processos 402235/2010-0 e 303056/2011-8.