In this article, we explore how the discourses around gender are evolving at the core of Brazilian politics. Our focus lies on the discourses at the public hearing on the bill 3.492/19, which aimed at including “gender ideology” on the list of heinous crimes. We aim to identify the deputies’ linguistic representation of social actors as pertaining to in- and outgroups. In addition, the article analyzes through Critical Discourse Analysis how the terminology gender is represented in this particular hearing. The analysis shows how some of the conservative parliamentarians give a clearly negative meaning to the term gender, by labeling it “gender ideology” and additionally connecting it with heinous crimes. We propose that the re-signification of “gender ideology,” from rhetorical invention to heinous crime, is not only an attempt to undermine scientific gender studies but also a way for conservative deputies to gain more political power.

在本文中，我们探讨了关于性别的论述如何在巴西政治的核心中发展。我们的重点是针对第3.492 / 19号法案的公开听证会上的讨论，该法案旨在将“性别意识形态”纳入令人发指的犯罪清单。我们的目标是确定代表们在社会团体中的语言代表与内部群体和外部群体有关。此外，本文还通过批评性话语分析法分析了这一特定听证会中术语性别的代表方式。分析表明，某些保守派议员如何通过将性别标记为“性别意识形态”并将其与令人发指的犯罪联系起来，给“性别”一词带来明显的负面含义。我们建议对“性别意识形态”的重新定义，从言辞发明到令人发指的犯罪，