ANÁLISE GRÁFICA DO JORNAL LAMPIÃO DA ESQUINA

Abstract

This article aims to analyze 41 editions of the first
Brazilian homosexual newspaper, Lampião da
Esquina, studying its editorial and graphic project.
The journal first appeared in Rio de Janeiro in the
1970’s and its intention was to present the Brazilian
gay movement graphic’s history. Also, it showed
social movements standing up to the dictatorship
and creating alternatives press. The newspaper cir
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culated throughout the country from 1979 to 1981
and addressed issues such as abortion, feminism,
homosexuality and transsexuality, giving voice to
a marginalized minority. From the analysis carried
out, it was possible to know its main themes and
sections and how its graphic elements were ma
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tch to construct its visual discourse. There was a
wide use of typographic families and its variations,
combining a formal language for dense subjects
and informal and good-natured constructions to
break paradigms. In addition, it was possible to
verified its covers constructed as posters, the use
of photographs and illustrations as a way of tracing
the homosexual profile that the newspaper aimed
to present and, still, the role of advertisements as
financing for the publication and to give visibility to
products and services for LBGTQIA+ public