CĂPCĂUNI DE YANN VERBURGH: ACTE DE VIOLENȚĂ ÎMPOTRIVA LESBIENELOR ÎN FRANȚA ȘI ROMÂNIA
OGRES BY YANN VERBURGH: ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FRENCH AND ROMANIAN LESBIANS

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I intend to analyze a scene from the play Ogres (Căpcăuni) written by YannVerburgh. In this scene, a young French lesbian recalls the threats that she has received because of her sexual orientation from her colleagues and also from her own family. I focus on the verbal violence between this girl and her family, more precisely, her mother and sister, who donot accept that she is not heterosexual. In order to “cure” her from this “disease”, the adult threatens the teenager with the gang rape. Across Europe, the LGBT+ community is frequently harassed and threatened. According to multiple surveys made by different NGOs and European agencies, thesecitizens are daily exposed to verbal and physical aggressions because of their gender or sexual orientation, which has a very negative impact on their life. Moreover, they are too often victims of discrimination and injustices that need to be reveled and publicized in order to make societies more tolerant regarding the needs of minorities in general.In Romania, the aggressions against LGBT+ people become more and more violent due especially to the actions of a non-governmental organization, CoalițiapentruFamilie (Coalition for the Family)that wants, among other things, to restricttheir fundamental human rights of having a family. Supported by other NGOs, politicians and Christian priests, they want to redefine the Constitution in order to impose theheteronormativity and the “traditional family” in the Romanian contemporary society. On the other hand, the National Council for Combating Discrimination (ConsiliulNaționalpentruCombatereaDiscriminării - CNCD) and public figures, such as Remus Cernea or IoanaStăniloiu, try to promote equality and mutual respect amongst all the citizens of the Romanian society, regardless of their sex, origin, ethnicity orsexual orientation.

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