O nome que não ousa dizer da intimidade – um estudo exploratório sobre nomeação

Abstract

The process of naming stems from a cultural and legal script that hinders gender, sexual and reproductive self-determination. Drawing on a comparative study in Southern Europe, this article maps out changes in Portuguese law and gathers voices of an array of experts on naming. The focus of the article is the perplexity resulting from a personal identity marker which remains hostage of restrictive collective rules that produce a significant impact on the sphere of intimate citizenship. We suggest that, in the Portuguese context, naming is a field of asymmetry, inequality and desidentification, and we advance alternatives framed by a critical queer epistemology.