Afeminados de vida ociosa: Sexualidad, género y clase social durante el franquismo

Abstract

Until the 1930s, a social class diluted the perception of refined or effeminate behaviors as a sign of homosexuality, associating them with aristocratic manners. During Francoism, however, this dynamic underwent significant changes. Progressively, an essentialized homosexual body, which was not defined by attitudes and sexual behaviors anymore, gained prominence. In this process, the social understanding of “inversion” changed too. By using judicial documentation, this article attempts to analyze how sexuality, social class and gender affected the definition of homosexuality when people from the upper and middle classes were prosecuted.