"O evangelho segundo Jesus a rainha do céu": O expurgo social da mulher travesti através de uma decisão judicial

Abstract

This article examines a court decision issued by judge Roberto da SilvaMaia of the Pernambuco Court of Justice (TJPE). It applies Norman Fairclough’sCritical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the modes of operation of ideology of John B.Thompson and the Appraisal system developed by Jim Martin & Peter White. Wewill apply these tools in a form adapted to Brazilian Portuguese by Orlando VianJr. Our aim is to identify if there is, in the decision, an attempt to socially purge thetransvestite woman. After the analysis, we reflect on the social context in whichfreedom of artistic expression has caused discomfort and how the arguments usedto limit it reinforce the exclusion of and prejudice against transvestite women.