Abstract
This article analyzes the trajectory of a man with homosexual practices in the Pantanal region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. I look at gender and sexuality conventions constructed in relation with the regimes of visibility this man has been subjected to in his lifetime. On the one hand, I use the notion of "homosexual closet" to analyze the strategies adopted on his homosexual practices. On the other hand, I use the concept of "security maps" to think about how subjects control and strategically manage possible degrees of visibility for their homosexual practices, according to the social territories in which they move and interact.
homosexual practices; lifetime trajectory; social visibility; Pantanal; Brasil