On July 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM, the book Intersexualities: Medicine, Media, and Activism in Brazil by Anacely Guimarães Costa will be launched at Livraria da Travessa, located at 97 Rua Voluntários da Pátria, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.
Learn more about the book:
Since intersexuality moved beyond the exclusive domain of medical sciences and began to be addressed by the human sciences, a growing number of academic works — including articles, dissertations, and theses — have been engaging with the topic. Even after more than three decades since the emergence of the International Intersex Movement, it remains a subject that calls for sensitivity and attention.
Anacely Costa focuses on the Brazilian context and the early development of this movement in the country — a process shaped by the characteristics of its time: the era of networks, hyperconnectivity, and digital social media. The author examines how Brazilian activists came into contact with the issue of intersexuality and how, from that engagement, they not only opened up dialogue with society but also founded the first national association dedicated to this population.
This book is an invitation to follow a trajectory still in the making, and a call to join a conversation that remains largely invisible on a global scale.
Learn more about the author’s academic background:
Anacely Costa holds a degree in Psychology from the Federal University of Ceará (2011). She earned her Master’s (2014) and Ph.D. (2018) in Public Health at the Institute of Social Medicine of Rio de Janeiro State University (IMS/UERJ), with a focus on Human Sciences and Health. During her Ph.D., she completed a research internship at the University of Paris VIII, funded by CAPES through the PDSE program. She is currently a professor in the Psychology program at São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), at the Assis campus. Her research and teaching focus on mental health and psychosocial care, gender, care, and medicalization processes.