Intruders: Gay Explicit Sex in Queer Movies

The aim is to analyze the use of sexually explicit material in queer movies, particularly in the short film “Intruders”. The movie takes place amid political upheaval in Brazil and brings an intersection among class, privilege and sex. The main argument indicates that many queer movies face the ongoing political normalization of same-sex desires in the society and bring alternative forms of relationality, which may be framed by the location where they develop and characterized by the fluidity of the relationships among the characters. The explicit sex aims to examine alternative forms of relationality, which question the normalization of specific actions and sexual behaviors. Based on a different perspective from the traditional pornography, “Intruders” understands sex as a political act, so that it is neither the consumption of bodies, nor the pursuit of desire at any cost, but the construction of new possibilities of relationships.