Tag: Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s supreme court just made LGBTQ discrimination illegal despite presidential objections
Brazil’s supreme court just ruled that discriminating against LGBTQ people is illegal.
“Homophobic crimes are as alarming as physical violence,” Supreme Court Vice-President Luiz Fux said.
Fux said that there are “epidemic levels of homophobic violence” in Brazil. LGBTQ organization Grupo Gay da Bahia estimates that 141 LGBTQ people have been killed in Brazil in 2019 and 420 LGBTQ people were killed in 2018.
Six of the eleven judges on the Supreme Federal Tribunal voted in favor of the ruling. The other...
Brazil’s new president strips LGBTI rights on his first day in office
It was one of his first actions after his inauguration
Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has stayed true to his word and signed executive orders targeting the LGBTI community.
The ‘proud homophobe’ used his first day in office to sign the orders. They will affect the LGBTI community, indigenous groups and descendants of slaves.
Just hours after his inauguration Bolsonaro removed LGBTI issues from consideration at the new human rights ministry, according to the Associated Press. He did not name another agency...
