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• BT OF 5 SALVADOR GAY SNAS I VISED... - SNA FOX
• THE BEST SALVADOR GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SALVADOR
• GAY BAHIA - STATE OF BAHIA FOM
• GAY LIFE BAHIA? - BRAZIL FOM
• GAY GROUP OF CAMAçARI (BAHIA)
• GAY LIFE SALVADOR, BRAZIL
• MORATELY POPULAR GAY SNA THE... - SNA CASARAO 25
• BRAZIL IS CONONTG AN EPIMIC OF ANTI-GAY VLENCE
• EXPLORE GAY BRAZIL: OM GAY R TO PRAIA DO SANCHO, DISVER OUR 10 FAVOURE BRAZILIAN WONRS
• GPO GAY DA BAHIA
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CLEAN, MOST OF TIME CROWED, BUT VERY FEW "BOYS". YOU N EAT SNACKS, DRK AND HAVE FUN.BY JULIEN B“ONE OF THE BT SNAS THE UNTRY”JUL 2014BETIFULLY RATED, NICE STAFF, PLENTY OF DIFFERENT PLAC TO STAY WHILE YOU'RE THERE. REALLY ATYPIL IS THE ABSENCE OF RENT BOYS, UBIQUO NEARLY ALL BRAZILIAN GAY SNAS, I FOUND THE PRIC AT THE BAR A B STEEP, THOUGH. ONLY SMALL BEERS ARE AVAILABLE AND ST EVEN HIGHER THAN THE LARGE ON SIAR PLAC ELSEWHERE. IT'S ALSO HARD TO FD, THE STREET IS LARGELY UNKNOWN, NO SIGNS ON THE DOOR, ALMOST GAVE UP BEFORE FALLY RGG THE RIGHT DOOR.SUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (1)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSPRIVATE CY TOUR SALVADOR49REMEND91% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $95.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)SCHOONER TRIP ONLY ILHA DOS FRAS, LEAVG SALVADOR-BAHIA.31BOAT TOURSOM $28.86 PER ADULT2023CY TOUR SALVADOR DISVER THE FIRST PAL OF BRAZIL108REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.CY TOURSOM $77.30 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)HISTORIL AIN ORIENTED CY TOUR20REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $125.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)SALVADOR FULL DAY CY TOUR - A PLETE DAY TO DISVER THIS MAGIC SALVADOR!5B TOURSOM $106.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)BE ENCHANTED WH BAHIA - FOLK SHOW NIGHT15FOOD & DRKOM $82.46 PER ADULTREGULAR TOUR TO FORTE BEACH - LEAVG SALVADOR BY BAHIA TOP TURISMO32REMEND93% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FULL-DAY TOURSOM $24.74 PER ADULTSALVADOR UPPER CY TOUR - DISVER THE WORLD HERAGE SE OF SALVADOR. 10REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $60.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)SCHOONER TOUR TO FRAS ISLANDS AND ITAPARI, LEAVG SALVADOR - BAHIA57BOAT TOURSOM $27.83 PER ADULTTOUR PRAIA DO FORTE AND GUARAJUBA, LEAVG SALVADOR-BAHIA.35HISTORIL TOURSOM $28.86 PER ADULTPARADISE MORRO SãO PLO ISLAND TOUR OM SALVADOR10REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BOAT TOURSOM $60.00 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)PRAIA DO FORTE FULL DAY TOUR, SALVADOR, BAHIA, BRAZIL13FULL-DAY TOURSOM $34.88 PER ADULTBAHIA 500 YEARS HISTORIC TOUR, SALVADOR, BAHIA, BRAZIL11REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $18.49 PER ADULTTRANSFER IBEROSTAR BAHIA / PRAIA DO FORTE - PRIVATE35REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.TRANSPORTATN SERVICOM $45.35 PER GROUP (UP TO 4)TROPIL ISLAND BOAT TRIP TO ITAPARI AND FRAS23BOAT TOURSOM $65.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRSRUA ALMEIDA SAN 8, SALVADOR, STATE OF BAHIA 40070-370 BRAZILFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS1,297 WH 3 RTRANTE LARRIQUERRI8400.5 MI$$ - $$$ • SEAFOOD • INTERNATNAL • EUROPEANRTRANTE MISTURA CONTORNO2550.5 MI$$$$ • SEAFOOD • MEDERRANEANHEALTH VALLEY BRASIL300.3 MI$$ - $$$ • BRAZILIAN • SOUTH AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY명호마농갈비50.1 MIBARBECUEVELHO ESPANHA BAR E CULTURA170.2 MI$$ - $$$ • BRAZILIAN • BAR • PUBSONHO DOCE80.2 MI$$ - $$$MARIPOSA SHOPPG BARRA870.3 MI$$ - $$$ • DSERT • BRAZILIANBAR QUTAL DO RASO DA CATARA380.4 MI$ • BRAZILIAN • BAR • PUBPORTO DO MOREIRA990.4 MI$$ - $$$ • BRAZILIAN • SOUTH AMERINCAU SHOW100.3 MIDSERT • BRAZILIAN • SOUTH AMERINSEE ALLATTRACTNS217 WH 6 ESPA XIS THEATER60.1 MITHEATERSTEATRO CASTRO ALV7560.3 MITHEATERSPELOURHO17,3901.2 MINEIGHBORHOODSPRAIA DO PORTO DA BARRA4,0170.5 MIBEACHMAM M ARTE MORNA2,1230.5 MISPECIALY MMS • ART MMSLARGO DO CAMPO GRAN ( PRAçA 2 JULHO )2810.5 MIHISTORIC S • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSSAO BENTO MONASTERY1910.6 MISPECIALY MMSFREI GERMANO CERONI MM70.3 MISPECIALY MMSCATEDRAL NOSSA SENHORA DA PIEDA70.3 MICHURCH & CATHEDRALSINSTUTO FEMO DA BAHIA FOUNDATN260.3 MISPECIALY MMSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.4.025 REVIEWSEXCELLENT9VERY GOOD6AVERAGE8POOR0TERRIBLE2GILJUSAT-CYPRIEN, FRANCE292 NTRIBUTNS0LARGE AND CLEAN PLACE WH 3 LEVELS AND MANY FACILI: GOOD CHOICE !FEB 2016 • COUPLWELL LOTED IF YOU ARE DOWNTOWN, THIS IS ONE OF THE BT SALVADOR. 3 LEVELS FOR YOUR PLEASURE, WH A TOP ROOF TERRACE. CLEAN, MOST OF TIME CROWED, BUT VERY FEW "BOYS". YOU N EAT SNACKS, DRK AND HAVE FUN.READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 30, 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.JULIEN BBUENOS AIR, ARGENTA7 NTRIBUTNS7ONE OF THE BT SNAS THE UNTRYJUL 2014 • SOLOBETIFULLY RATED, NICE STAFF, PLENTY OF DIFFERENT PLAC TO STAY WHILE YOU'RE THERE. REALLY ATYPIL IS THE ABSENCE OF RENT BOYS, UBIQUO NEARLY ALL BRAZILIAN GAY SNAS, I FOUND THE PRIC AT THE BAR A B STEEP, THOUGH. ONLY SMALL BEERS ARE AVAILABLE AND ST EVEN HIGHER THAN THE LARGE ON SIAR PLAC ELSEWHERE. IT'S ALSO HARD TO FD, THE STREET IS LARGELY UNKNOWN, NO SIGNS ON THE DOOR, ALMOST GAVE UP BEFORE FALLY RGG THE RIGHT DOOR.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 28, 2014THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KEH KFALLS CHURCH, VA91 NTRIBUTNS8ONE OF THE BT SNASAPR 2013 • SOLOI'VE BEEN TO THIS PLACE SEVERAL TIM OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE LEARNED. THE BT DAYS ARE SUNDAY, SATURDAY AND FRIDAY THAT ORR. ARRIVAL AROUND 4:30-5:00PM IS GOOD. THE CLIENTS RANGE AGE OM EARLY 20'S TO 60'S. MOST OF THE MEN ARE BETWEEN 25-40. A NICE MIX OF RAC, BUILDS AND LOOKS. THE. FACILY HAS BEEN RENOVATED AND WAS QUE CLEAN, GREAT BAR AREA, A DARK ROOM THAT IS PCH BLACK, A SMALL BUT AQUATE MOVIE ROOM. PLENTY OF EE BS. THE DRY SNA AND SHOWER AREA ARE QUE NICE THE STEAM ROOM IS THE BIGGT I'VE EVER SEEN. I WOULD TAKE A B THERE AND BACK RATHER THAN RISK NNG TO ANY PROBLEMS. READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 25, 2013THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VELEIRODUNKIRK, FRANCE111 NTRIBUTNS8GOOD LOOKG TERR, FEW GOOD LOOKG GUTSJUL 2012 • SOLOAS MOST SNAS SALVADOR, GET'S CROWD SHORT AFTER OPENG AT 3PM AND AROUND 7.30 PM, MOST OF THE GUTS ARE GONE. QUE LUXURY SI WH A LOT OF MARBLE AND A SALOON, MOST BAHIANOS WOULD FELY SIGN FOR. NO GAROTOS PROGRAMA, SO WHAT YOU SEE OR GET IS THE TYPIL BRAZILIAN MALE SPECIMEN. HAIRY, CHUBBY, MENLY AND UNFORTUNATELY ONLY PARTLY VERED WH A TOWEL. HARDLY ANYONE SI, WORTH A LOOK OR A PICTURE. HARDLY ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 30. THE WET SNA IS HUGE, THE DRY SNA SMALLER, BUT THERE'S ONE CENTIMETER OF WATER ON THE FLOOR! ON THE HIGHT LEVEL WH THE SMOKG TERRACE AND THE TELEVISN ROOM, YOU N NIP FOR EE A LTLE CUP OF FFEE.I PAID 22 RS ENTRANCE AND WHEN LEAVG, I WAS ASKED IF I WANTED A TAXI. I ASKED IF WAS UNSAFE OUTSI, THE EMPLOYEE SAID NO AND HE WAS RIGHT. DURG THE WEEK, AT 7.30PM, THIS NEIGBOURHOOD IS STILL SAFE AND LIVELY, WALK UP THE RUA DO SALETE (WH A LOT OF SCHOOLS STILL OPEN AROUND THAT TIME AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD SAFETY DITOR SALVADOR) AND GET YOUR B AT THE RUA DIREA DA PIEDA.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 12, 2012THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. 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Marcelo Macedo dos Santos, a 33-year-old who survived an attempted homophobic homici after beg shot four tim the cy of Camaçari, the metropolan area of Bahia's pal Salvador, says he's aaid to leave home after the attack.

This year alone, 23 people have been killed Bahia State by homophobic attacks, acrdg to Marcelo Cerqueira, print of “Gpo Gay da Bahia. Dpe the 'problems' I have learned on many ocsns and public events that the majory of gay people are way better ted than many 'mon people' here Brazil...

Gay Brazilians shed to the altar ahead of Print Jair Bolsonaro takg office, acrdg to newly released data that mpaigners say reflected fears the g lear would clamp down on their rights. An app that maps safe spac for LGBT+ people and featur a panic button to warn iends of risk was lnched on Wednday Brazil, one of the adlit untri to be gay or trans.

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Dpe recent lgs favor of LGBT+ rights, cludg a Supreme Court cisn June makg homophobia a crime, relig nservatism and wispread vlence often make Brazil a hostile untry for gay and trans people. Loted two hours north of R Janeiro by r is the cy of Juiz Fora, which has hosted the Miss Gay Brazil ntt for the past 35 years.

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Some regns the untry also have expand laws that protect LGBTQ+ people, such as Juiz Fora cy and São Plo state, which troduced anti-homophobia laws 2000 and 2001. Vlent aths of LGBT people Brazil have h an all-time high followg a sudn spike last year, new rearch least 445 LGBT Brazilians died as victims of homophobia 2017 – a 30% crease om 2016, acrdg to LGBT watchdog group Gpo Gay victims – 387 murrs and 58 suicis – clu Dandara dos Santos, a transexual woman who was beaten to ath the north-eastern Brazil cy Fortaleza March.

A vio of her beg beaten and kicked circulated on social media wh her torturers llg her homophobic is one of the world’s most vlent untri, wh a rerd 62, 000 homicis 2016, but thors of the rearch say that the aths were directly related to Mott, an anthropologist and print of Gpo Gay Bahia, said the risg vlence owed much to the promence of ultranservative policians, many of whom are lked to the untry’s powerful evangelil uc ngrs.

“It’s a disurse that stroys solidary and equat LGBT people to animals, ” he programs lked to evangelil church often pare homosexualy to the vil, she saidHomophobic speech is not a feral crime Brazil, while siar state and municipal laws are rarely effective or enforced. “In the last Brazil looked to produce polici that uld protect vulnerable groups like gay and trans people but they mostly failed, due to lack of vtment or change visn of policy, ” said Jurema Werneck, executive director at Amnty Internatnal vlence might seem at odds wh Brazil’s image as an clive natn that is home to the world’s largt gay para and where gay marriage is the untry has a strong nservative streak too: one of the leadg ndidat this year’s printial electn is former army pta Jair Bolsonaro who has said that gay children n be “beaten straight” March last year, feral ngrsman Victór Galli said on rad that Mickey Moe was a homosexual filtrator and Disney was an apologist for “gayns” sendg sublimal msag to September, a Brazilian judge approved gay “nversn therapy”, a week after an exhibn of gay art was ncelled. That is why I ask whether the State of Bahia (I thk generally about the whole Bahia, not jt Salvador) is a good place for gays?

GAY LIFE BAHIA? - BRAZIL FOM

The GGC will foc pecially on the areas of Public Safety and Edutn, which prent ser problems of stutnal homophobia.

The group pots out that, sce the begng of the 1980s, there has been a strengtheng of the stggle for the human rights of lbians, gays, bissexuals and transgenr populatns Brazil. Lethal vlence agast homosexuals — and pecially agast transvt and transgenrs — is one of the most tragic aspects of sexual orientatn discrimatn or homophobia Brazil.

GAY GROUP OF CAMAçARI (BAHIA)

The GGC c data om the Gay Group of Bahia that shows the Northeast as the most homophobic regn the untry: rponsible for 30% of the populatn and registerg, 2010, 43% of the s of LGBT murrs. The municipaly reflects the cince of homophobia, wh the alarmg rise of s of vlence by the police; discrimatn public servic; and homophobic bullyg practiced, and tolerated, by schools, which forc LGBT populatns to abandon their studi.

The GGC was created to promote the cizenship and fend the rights of lbians, gays, bissexuals, transvt and transgenrs, ntributg to the nstctn of a mocracy whout any forms of discrimatn, affirmg the eedom of sexual orientatn and genr inty. The group has led the last ten edns of the Gay Para of Camaçari, addn to anizg trag activi and offerg legal assistance to their target public.

Among s advocy, special regnn is mered for the acplishment of municipal Free Passage laws (for e of public transportatn by persons livg wh HIV/AIDS whout beg intified as such); the signatn of December 1st as the Municipal Day Agast AIDS; and the law batg homophobia. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The cisn will give real protectn to gays and transgenr people, activists say (file photo)A majory Brazil's Supreme Court has voted favour of makg homophobia and transphobia crim. The cisn will give the muny, which suffers nstant attacks, real protectn, activists least 141 LGBT people have been killed Brazil this year, acrdg to rights group Gpo Gay da Bahia.

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The Catholic Church and the evangelil movement are equently cril of gay rights and far-right Print Jair Bolsonaro, elected last year wh strong support of nservative voters, is a self-scribed homophobe. "Homophobic crim are as alarmg as physil vlence, " Supreme Court Vice-Print Luiz Fux said on his vote, cg "epimic levels of homophobic vlence" almost 20 years there have been efforts to make homophobia a crime Brazil, but legislatn on the matter has faced ristance among nservative and relig groups Congrs, the BBC's Julia Carneiro R cisn at the Supreme Court means that offenc are to be punished unr the untry's racism law until Congrs approv specific legislatn to protect LGBT people, our rrponnt remag judg will vote a ssn schled for 5 ptn, Why are same-sex upl Brazil shg to get married? Brazil has the world's biggt Catholic populatn but also a growg number of young, ted urban liberals who are eager to fight for gay and trans untry legalised same-sex marriage 2013 and LGBT upl have also been given the right to year, 420 LGBT people were killed across Brazil, one of the most vlent untri the world, acrdg to Gpo Gay da activists have raised ncerns over the possibily of a rise crim agast gays and transgenr people wh the electn of Mr Bolsonaro, a eply divisive figure who has also ma racist and misogynist prev terviews, he has said he would rather have a ad son than a homosexual son.

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For Dutch gays who’ve had wh once aga Gran Canaria or Ibiza, a vis to the excg Brazilian town Salvador might offer new and stimulatg vistas.

Gay beach are at Porto da Barra, at the Todos os Santos bay and at the Praia dos Artistos, bstop Bo do R at the Avenida Oceani, where you’ll fd gay beach club Aba. Last month they anized a monstratn, when the newspaper published an article about Bahia havg the hight number of gay bashg victims all of Brazil.

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This immediately ma 500 gays and dyk march the streets a slow motn monstratn, effectively jammg Salvador traffic. Gays and dyk regularly hang out together and there are often more dyk than gays crowdg the bars and the beach.

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* Informatn about tourism and servic that I n offer around Salvador and R (Excursns, airport transfer, gay iendly hotels, gutho and so on…). Sna Casarão is suated a pestrian street, close to the sea and wh several gay or gayiendly bars that same street. A few days earlier, the astal state of Bahia, two beloved teachers, Edivaldo Silva Oliveira and Jeovan Banira, were killed as well, their charred remas found the tnk of a burng last month, was Wellgton Júl Castro Mendonça, a shy, 24-year-old retail clerk, who was bludgeoned and stoned to ath near a highway a cy northwt of a natn seemgly ured to crime, the btal killgs stood out: The victims were not robbed, the police have yet to intify any spects, and all of the ad were eher gay or Amerins have fiercely bated how to rpond to the massacre last month at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla., Brazilians have been nontg their own epimic of anti-gay vlence — one that, by some unts, has earned Brazil the ignom rankg of the world’s adlit place for lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr 1, 600 people have died hate-motivated attacks the past four and half years, acrdg to Gpo Gay da Bahia, which tracks the aths through news articl.

“And the numbers reprent only the tip of the iceberg of vlence and bloodshed, ” said Eduardo Michels, the group’s data manager, addg that the Brazilian police often om anti-gay anim when pilg homici statistics n be hard to square wh Brazil’s storied image as a tolerant, open society — a natn that seemgly nurtur eewheelg exprsns of sexualy durg Carnival and holds the world’s biggt gay pri para the cy of São R Janeiro, host to the g Summer Olympics, fear of vlent crime is on many people’s mds.

5 openg ceremony for the Gam, have shot ad more than 100 people this year, most of them young black men livg poor advot say the nstant homophobic vlence also threatens to upend an ialized natnal ethos that promis equaly and rpect for all Brazilians. In 2003, Brazil beme the first untry Lat Ameri to regnize same-sex unns for immigratn purpos, and was among the earlit to allow gay upl to adopt 2013, the Brazilian judiciary effectively legalized same-sex experts suggt that liberal ernment polici may have gotten too far ahead of tradnal social mor. The anti-gay vlence, they ntend, n be traced to Brazil’s culture of machismo and a brand of evangelil Christiany, exported om the Uned Stat, that is outspoken s opposn to homosexualy.

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Evangelil voters have helped send more than 60 lawmakers to the 513-member lower hoe of Congrs, doublg their numbers sce 2010 and makg them one of the most discipled blocs an unly and divid Wyllys, Brazil’s only openly gay member of Congrs, said evangelil lawmakers, the re of a aln known as the “B.

Uc” — short for Bullets, Beef and Bible — have stymied legislatn that would punish anti-gay discrimatn and crease penalti for hate crim. )Durg a televised printial bate 2014, one of the ndidat, Levy Filix, said that homosexuals were unf to be parents and that “excretory systems aren’t for reproductn.

” Jair Bolsonaro, a ngrsman well known for his nservative views, has remend rporal punishment as a tool for turng gays to Corral, a polil scientist at Amherst College who studi gay rights movements Lat Ameri, said much of the homophobia was a reactn to achievements like same-sex marriage. ”Mar Feliciano, a proment member of the evangelil bloc Congrs, rejects suggtns that anti-gay sentiment fosters vlence. In an terview, he exprsed regret for an earlier remark scribg AIDS as “a gay ncer, ” but fend efforts to fight gay rights legislatn, sistg, for example, that same-sex upl are unf to be parents.

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Victims of anti-gay and transgenr vlence say they often experience a h round of huiatn om the law enforcement thori, some of whom are openly hostile to requts that they rerd a crime as Qutanilha, 28, an artist and photographer om São Plo, said he had been beaten wh a stick by four assailants durg Carnival this year. The attackers, who set upon him the heart of downtown, shouted anti-gay ephets as they bloodied his face, he said, but the police refed to nsir the attack an act of several hours, he said, officers at a police statn sisted that he had been the victim of a simple robbery bee he lost his cellphone and wallet durg the chaos. Last month, a who had long tnted him for beg gay chased him down the street wh a kchen knife, stabbg him the cht and arms as relativ watched Reis survived, and the , an evangelil Christian, was arrted.

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A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 4 of the New York edn wh the headle: Brazil Cononts an Epimic of Anti-Gay Vlence. Explore gay Brazil: om gay R to Praia do Sancho, disver our 10 favoure Brazilian wonrsStori > Iterari > Explore gay Brazil: om gay R to Praia do Sancho, disver our 10 favoure Brazilian wonrsThree parts natural wonr, two parts idyllic astle, one part smopolanism, and adornment of bronzed, rnival-ready bodi, Brazil serv up a potent blend that’ll make you giddy wh possibily. Photo: Joao TzannoLGBT travellers BrazilOne of the more liberal untri Lat Ameri, Brazil n be a haven for the gay muny.

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Outsi of the big three, other Brazilian ci to host annual gay pri events clu Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianópolis and even Mans – a cy ep the Amazon rart. Inland slightly, Brazil’s stunng mountas and wildlife-packed forts prent more possibili, such as trekkg, bird watchg and swimmg epic R Janeiro gay scene has been alive and kickg sce the ‘gay ball’ heyday of the 1930s, a scene which still exists to the day. Carnival happens at the start of Mardi Gras and of urse tak the prize for top gay attractn, allowg for wild stum and heavily sequed self-exprsn!

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Ftival season or not, start the party wh a trip to the Ipanema and Leblon neighbourhoods where gay R Janeiro together for gay venu, art galleri and fun shops. The culmatn of the yearly lendar for Gay Salvador Bahia is the huge rnival – one of the natn’s largt street events – when the entire cy outsi to appreciate mic, dance and culture as one. Eher way, while there are no official gay bars, you’re bound to meet like-md gay tourists and lols at some pot.