Between the alternative press and digital platforms: Rogéria and Roberta Close in dispute for visibility, memory and representation

The article analyzes the role of the Brazilian LGBTQIAPN+ alternative press, especially during the military dictatorship, in the construction of visibility, discourses, and memory about sexual and gender dissidence. From Rogéria, in Lampião da Esquina, and Roberta Close, in Chanacomchana, the study articulates the decolonial perspective and Suely Rolnik's Sentimental Cartography with concepts of mediatization and platformization. Based on historical materials and news from 2025 and 2026, the print press and the digital environment are compared, highlighting changes in the production of visibility. It is observed that the transition to digital platforms has transformed the visibility regime: the platforms expand circulation, but also submit narratives to algorithmic logics. Rogéria and Roberta Close are understood as "archive bodies", whose images cross different eras and dispute the meanings of trans corporalities.