LGBTI Rights in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro visits White House, reiterates opposition to LGBTI rights
03/19/2019	| Washington Blade
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to LGBTI rights when he spoke alongside President Trump during a press conference in the White House Rose Garden. Bolsonaro, speaking through a…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights, Protection and Safety
COUNTRIES: Brazil, United States
REGIONS: North America, South America
LGBT Brazilians' Mental Health Plummets With Anti-Gay President
03/13/2019	| South Florida Gay News
When the proudly homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January, LGBT community members were worried their rights would be taken away. Two months later, watchdog groups are saying suicide among LGBT…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality
COUNTRIES: Brazil
REGIONS: South America
Former policemen charged with murdering bisexual Rio congresswoman
Brazilian authorities on Tuesday arrested two former policemen in connection with the murder of bisexual Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco. Investigators say Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz on March…
Two Brazilian police arrested over killing of activist Marielle Franco
03/11/2019	| Digital Journal
Two police officers were arrested Tuesday in the killing of Rio city councilor and black gay rights activist Marielle Franco, prosecutors said, almost a year to the day after the brazen murder…
Trump to host Brazil's anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro at White House
03/09/2019	| Pink News
Donald Trump has invited Brazil's anti-LGBT president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. The far-right Brazilian leader, who holds extreme anti-LGBT beliefs, will meet with Trump at the White House on March…
REGIONS: International, North America, South America
Brazilians Demand Answers for Marielle Franco's Murder at Rio Carnival
03/05/2019	| The Guardian
Nearly a year after the still-unsolved murder of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and LGBT activist Marielle Franco, Brazilian revellers have used their country's annual carnival to demand answers. On Monday night, Rio's most…
ISSUES: Discrimination and Equality, Protection and Safety
Story of a trans man who suffers Brazil's hostile environment to LGBTQ
02/25/2019	| Devidiscourse
Growing up in an evangelical Christian family in Brazil, life was pretty tough for Ariel Nobre. Designated female at birth, the 31-year-old transgender man was sent to a gay conversion therapy centre…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights, Protection and Safety, Transgender and Intersex Issues
Brazil's LGBT+ politicians prepare for battle with Bolsonaro
02/11/2019	| Thomson Reuters Foundation
When he realized Jair Bolsonaro was likely to be elected president of Brazil last year, politician David Miranda's first concern was for his family, rather than his career. As an openly gay…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Human Rights
Top Brazilian Court to Decide Key Homophobia Cases
02/12/2019	| Reuters
Brazil's supreme court is expected to rule Wednesday on a pair of cases that could determine whether homophobia and transphobia should be considered criminal offenses. The cases, brought by Brazilian rights group…
Bolsonaro Regime to Remove Brazilian Textbook References to Feminism and Homosexuality
02/12/2019	| Independent
Brazil's president and his senior officials have vowed to revise school textbooks to remove references to feminism, homosexuality and violence against women. Jair Bolsonaro has also said he wants the military to take over some…
Brazil education overhaul aims at ousting 'Marxist ideology', LGBT and gender movements
02/06/2019	| Associated Press
President Jair Bolsonaro is taking his anti-leftist ideological war to Brazil's classrooms and universities, causing angst among teachers and education officials who say the government wants to fight an enemy that doesn't…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics
Bringing Pride to Banbury
02/07/2019	| Banbury Guardian
A small group of first-time event organisers are planning to literally put the Pride into Banbury this summer. Banbury Pride, a LGBT community group is in the early stages of organising the…
ISSUES: Human Rights
COUNTRIES: Brazil, United Kingdom