Misogyny, vlence, and the lack of visibily wh the LGBT movement self are some of the biggt obstacl that Brazil’s Natnal Lbian Visibily Day—celebrated on Wednday (Aug. 29)—aims to addrs. The date was chosen after the 1st Natnal Lbians’ Semar was held, 1996, which alt wh the vlatn of the rights of gay women. After 22 years, the topic was
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- ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
- BRAZIL IS CONONTG AN EPIMIC OF ANTI-GAY VLENCE
‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
In 2021, more than half, 51 percent, of victims were intified as gay. * lgbt violence in brazil *
An act of “barbaric” vlence where a 22-year-old gay man was gang-raped and tortured has prompted fierce reactn Brazil and is evince of a growg ti of hate crime the untry, acrdg to human rights man, who has not been named, was attacked last week Florianópolis by three armed men who ed sharp objects durg the asslt and forced him to rve homophobic slurs to his legs, said attackers left him the street where he was found and taken to hospal.
“This is a ighteng crime but ’s very mon Brazil, and vlence – not only agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people but also women, black people and immigrants – is worseng, ” said Liro Ávila, print of the Associatn Defence of Human Rights, an anisatn that helps victims of vlence Florianópolis. She said opn had been divid, wh some people shocked by the se while others jtified , sayg the man was gay. ”In 2020, 237 LGBT people died suatns of vlence; there were 224 murrs and 13 suicis, acrdg to Gpo Gay da Bahia, the olst LGBT rights anisatn Lat Ameri.
BRAZIL IS CONONTG AN EPIMIC OF ANTI-GAY VLENCE
Print Jair Bolsonaro has a long history of LGBT-phobic and misogynistic ments, cludg sayg that he is a “proud homophobe”.
”There have been other homophobic attacks the untry where objects have been ed on the victim. Prof Luiz Mott, a gay rights activist and founr of Gpo Gay da Bahia, ced the se of 17-year-old Wner Oliveira who died after attackers phed a prsed air hose om a r wash si him.
“A ser problem relatn to homophobic and transphobic crim is impuny, ” he said. “The police – for reasons of homophobia or stctural pacy – don’t vtigate every murr.