Abstract
<p>This paper presents key results from doctoral research in Religious Studies on Black LGBTI+ Pentecostal families in Brazil, conceptualized herein as quilombo families (famílias aquilombadas), viewed as ethical-affective expressions of resistance within the religious field. Utilizing an intersectional, decolonial, and affective framework, engaging critical scholars such as Joe Coyle, E. Patrick Johnson, and Beatriz Nascimento, the study deploys the metaphor of the Pentecostal quilombo to analyze inclusive churches as urban territories of affection, freedom, and the restoration of social bonds. Grounded in semi-structured qualitative interviews with 33 Black LGBTI+ individuals and families across inclusive congregations, the findings reveal how these family units challenge traditional Christian heterocisnormative dogmas and articulate a counter-hegemonic spirituality. This framework demonstrates both the transformative potential of affective-political reconstruction and the structural limits of inclusion when racial, moral, and gender hierarchies remain unbroken.</p>