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Added on: 03/07/2020

Brazilians call for boycotts of major companies that support Bolsonaro

03/05/2020

Brazilians appalled by Jair Bolsonaro’s bigotry and authoritarianism are calling for boycotts of major companies whose founders or owners support the far-right president. Bolsonaro has often attacked…

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Added on: 02/27/2020

Afro-Feminist Resistance in Brazil’s Carnival

02/26/2020

In Southern Brazil, the all women’s carnival block Cores de Aide is marching for political resistance and in defense of women, who have been particularly under attack…

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Added on: 02/23/2020

Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo

02/22/2020

When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to her sinuous body, she fulfilled a dream of feminine beauty nearly…

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Added on: 01/31/2020

Bolsonaro makes former soap star Brazil’s new culture secretary

01/30/2020

A former soap opera star, Regina Duarte, has agreed to become Brazil’s culture secretary, replacing the previous secretary who was fired for giving a speech that used…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

GLENN GREENWALD ON BRAZIL’S CHARGES AGAINST HIM

01/22/2020

On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.” They allege…

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Added on: 01/11/2020

Brazil top court rejects attempt to remove LGBT movie from Netflix

01/10/2020

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lower court’s decision to remove a Netflix comedy that displayed Jesus Christ in a gay relationship. Minister Dias Toffoli stated…

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Added on: 01/10/2020

Brazil issues new rules, lowers age for gender reassignment surgery

01/09/2020

Brazil’s independent medical regulator announced new rules for treating transgender patients on Thursday, including lowering the age when trans people can have gender reassignment surgery to 18…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

‘The Periphery Has Potency’ Festival Unites Art and Literature in the Peripheries at the Galpão Bela Maré

01/03/2020

On December 17, the Galpão Bela Maré arts center held the Periferia Tem Potência (The Periphery Has Potency) festival in partnership with the Favelas Observatory, the Instituto…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

Rio police ID suspect in attack on Netflix gay Jesus filmmakers

12/31/2019

Police in Rio de Janeiro have identified one of the people responsible for a gasoline bomb attack targeting satirists behind a Christmas program on Netflix that some…

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Added on: 12/26/2019

Brazilian comedy group hit by Molotov cocktails after film on ‘gay Jesus’

12/25/2019

Molotov cocktails were thrown at the headquarters of Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve, weeks after the group launched a…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

Brazil: Bolsonaro in homophobic outburst as corruption scandal swirls

12/20/2019

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a homophobic attack on a journalist from one of the country’s top newspapers in an apparent bid to divert attention…

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Added on: 12/17/2019

Netflix ‘gay Jesus’ film sparks backlash in Brazil

12/17/2019

A comedy on Netflix depicting Jesus as a gay man has prompted widespread anger in Brazil with almost two million people signing a petition calling on the…

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Added on: 12/07/2019

Brazilian Foundation Develops App to Map Risk Areas for LGBT Population

12/07/2019

Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) has developed an App to map the areas of the country regarded as the most violent for the LGBT population. Users will point…

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Added on: 12/06/2019

Gay marriage soared ahead of Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil

12/05/2019

Gay Brazilians rushed to the altar ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro taking office, according to newly released data that campaigners say reflected fears the incoming leader would…

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Added on: 12/04/2019

Brazilian mum gets 25 years jail for brutal murder of gay son

12/03/2019

A jury has sentenced Brazilian woman was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for brutally murdering her gay son. Tatiana Lozano Pereira never accepted her…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

Latin American Human Rights Lawyers Join Forces for LGBT Rights

11/29/2019

In a gathering in Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 19, 40 human rights lawyers from across Latin America launched an innovative “Red Litigio LGBT” – an LGBT Litigation…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

‘We stand and we resist’ says head of Brazil’s first LGBT+ bank

11/14/2019

The head of Brazil’s first bank for gay and trans people said on Thursday that he aimed to tap into an overlooked market, combat prejudice and support…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

The West’s left-right battle lines run through Brazil

11/10/2019

“They did not jail a man,” declared the released prisoner. “They tried to kill an idea, and ideas don’t disappear.” The freed man was Luiz Inácio Lula…

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Added on: 11/08/2019

Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist

11/07/2019

Brazilians marched in dozens of cities across the country against the far-right government of president Jair Bolsonaro. The marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie…

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Added on: 11/03/2019

‘Casa Nem’ on Copacabana is a Sanctuary for Rio’s Transgender and LGBT

11/03/2019

In Casa Nem a party is being prepared, so the house is bustling. Everybody is getting dressed or helping somebody else. But this is not your average…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the fashion industry emerges as a center for LGBT resistance

10/25/2019

Sam Porto and his mirror have never gotten along. When the transgender man was growing up in Brazil, the sight of his developing breasts disgusted him. But…

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Added on: 10/11/2019

How This Brazilian Drag Queen Is Taking the Pop World By Storm—And Fighting for LGBTQ Rights Along the Way

10/10/2019

If Pabllo Vittar is making headlines, they might be about her smash hit songs, her astonishing fashion week outfits, her disruptive political statements, or some combination of…

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Added on: 10/10/2019

Brazil must reinstate funding for LGBT films because they ‘deserve protection’, judge rules

10/09/2019

A federal judge has ruled that Brazil must reinstate suspended funding for LGBT+ films because they “deserve protection”, in a victory for LGBT+ activists and filmmakers. Jair…

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Added on: 10/04/2019

LGBT+ film funding row lands Brazil minister in court

10/03/2019

Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against the citizenship minister for suspending government funding for films, which they said was motivated by discrimination against LGBT+ people. Brazil’s film…

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Added on: 09/12/2019

Opposition in Brazil blame political tone for anti-LGBT+ violence

09/11/2019

The political opposition in Brazil on Wednesday said the government of President Jair Bolsonaro was failing to stop violent attacks on women and LGBT+ people that have…

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Added on: 09/11/2019

Brazil report charts surge in racial abuse and violence against women, LGBT

09/10/2019

Brazil saw an alarming rise in racial abuse, sexual assault, femicide and violence against women and LGBT people in 2018, according to new figures released on Tuesday….

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Added on: 09/08/2019

Brazil mayor blocked from banning Avengers comic over gay kiss

09/07/2019

A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Activism is Survival for Brazilian Trans Women

07/31/2019

Since the campaign and subsequent election of Jair Bolsonaro, who was long known for trotting out hate speech against marginalized communities in his bid for Brazil’s presidency,…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, LGBT people take personal defense into their own hands

07/22/2019

Miguel Doldan couldn’t get the thought out of his head: People wanted him dead. The passersby on the streets, the riders on the bus – they looked…

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Added on: 07/01/2019

The LGBTQ artists using music as resistance in Latin America

06/30/2019

Over the last decade, several openly queer musicians have emerged in Latin America. They use their music to combat hate. As the region has seen a rise…