POLITICAL MORALISM AND RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM: RESTRICTIVE FACTORS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DRIVERS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BRAZILIAN TRANS AND TRANSVESTITE POPULATION

Abstract

This article addresses political moralism and religious fundamentalism as factors that restrict the full exercise of fundamental rights in Brazil, focusing on the impacts suffered by the trans and transvestite population. It is based on the premise that gender identity is an intrinsic aspect of the human person and, when targeted by moralistic and fundamentalist discourses in the legal and political fields, tends to reinforce social stigmas, aggravating the vulnerability and rates of violence and mortality of transgender people. The study analyzes how these narratives influence legislative production and public policies in Brazil, hindering access to fundamental rights and compromising the principle of human dignity. In addition, it discusses how the weakening of the secular nature of the State, based on the instrumentalization of religion in the public space, legitimizes structural transphobia and perpetuates exclusion and violence against the trans and transvestite population.