ABSTRACT
This theoretical essay aims to reflect on the process of stylization of the self among LGBTQ+ bodies as a form of resistance. Inspired by two key post-modern authors, namely Nietzsche and Foucault, and based on the category of stylization of the self, we analyze the normalization of bodies and also processes of resistance. The discussions are directed at thinking about LGBTQ+ bodies from a non-identity, queer resistance perspective in terms of both will to power and care of the self, in a critical way, not with a view to radical social transformation, but to particular advances, especially at the individual and group/subculture levels, which can play a significant role in redirecting social relations. Queer pleasure thus emerges as an element that arranges the resistance category in the sphere of stylization of the self by establishing micro-transformations in the workplace as a way of tackling discipline and normalization.
Keywords:
LGBTQ+ bodies; stylization of the self; care of the self; resistance; queer pleasure