Brazil still reels from the brutal attack on a gay man last week. Unidentified assailants attacked the victim in Florianópolis who beat him, raped him with sharp objects, and forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his own flesh.The Guardian reports that police have not identified the victim by name to protect his privacy.
After a brief hospitalization, he returned home to continue his recovery. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the case.“This is a frightening crime but it’s very common in Brazil, and violence – not only against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people but also women, black people and immigrants – is worsening,” Lirous Ávila, president of the Association in Defence of Human Rights, an organization.