‘Epimic of vlence’: Brazil shocked by ‘barbaric’ gang-rape of gay man | Brazil | The Guardian

Contents:

• ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
• SEXUAL ASSLT AMONGST GAY MEN
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL

‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN

Moreover, the ways which society both hypersexualiz LGBTQ people and stigmatiz our relatnships n lead to timate partner vlence that stems om ternalized homophobia and shame.

44 percent of lbians and 61 percent of bisexual women experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 35 percent of straight women26 percent of gay men and 37 percent of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 29 percent of straight men46 percent of bisexual women have been raped, pared to 17 percent of straight women and 13 percent of lbians22 percent of bisexual women have been raped by an timate partner, pared to 9 percent of straight women40 percent of gay men and 47 percent of bisexual men have experienced sexual vlence other than rape, pared to 21 percent of straight men.

The myths clu:• ‘Real men’ nnot be raped;• Male victims of rape have very ltle emotnal trma to pe wh;• A man who is raped mt have been behavg a way that ma him appear homosexual;• If a man has been raped he should be able to pe on his own;• If a man has already had nsensual sex wh other men, his claims of rape should not be believed;• Only men who are big and strong are able to rape other men.

SEXUAL ASSLT AMONGST GAY MEN

Saga was a gay man of average stature, who liberately targeted heterosexual men. The myths clu:• Regardls of how they intify themselv, men who rape other men are homosexual;• Men who m rape are naturally more aggrsive their day to day liv;• Most s of male rape clu the e of a weapon;• Most men would be able to fight off a male sexual attacker;• Almost all male rape occurs stutns such as prisons or the ary. And, although Saga was homosexual, of urse men who intify as heterosexual n also rape other men.

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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

“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. 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.

HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL

“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.

Later, as puberty crept along and girls ught his eye, he wonred if the attack meant he was really gay. Myths bee formidable obstacl to survivors nontg their trmas: that “real men” don’t get raped, that survivors of rape or abe mt be gay, that rape is about sex rather than power and ntrol, or that the abed are likely themselv to bee Alex Feis-Bryce, head of SurvivorsUK – himself a survivor who, aged 18, was dgged and raped like Saga’s victims – puts : “A lot of men feel pletely emasculated after beg raped. The Uned Stat has wnsed a remarkable shift LGBTQ rights and visibily the 50 years sce the Stonewall uprisg — and jt the last few years, LGBTQ people have won the right to marry, have h a rerd high reprentatn on televisn and have seen the first openly gay major printial ndidate beg his mpaign.