infamous internationally for its homophobia and violence directed against members of the LGBTQ community.Leite, 36, from the center-right Brazilian Social Democratic Party, made the announcement during an interview with Brazil’s top broadcaster, TV Globo, last Thursday. “I’m gay — and I’m a governor who is gay rather than a gay governor,” Leite said in the interview. “Just as Obama in the United States wasn’t a Black president, but a president who was Black.