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

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• ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

‘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. Rape and homosexualy.

The relatnship between rape and homosexualy n be bt unrstood by studyg male rape.

Offenr(s) may ny homosexualy and nfe an aggrsive active behavur wh a mascule (even macho) behavur. They may project their homosexual feelgs onto the victim. An aspect of female or male rape by a group of mal may be an attempt to annihilate latent homosexual tennci existg between members of this group.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

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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.