LGBTI Rights in Brazil
1.5 Million Gather for Rio's LGBTI Parade at Copacabana Beach
10/01/2018	| The Rio Times
Supporters of the LGBTI community in Brazil were out in full force on Sunday, September 30th to celebrate Rio de Janeiro's 23rd annual LGBTI parade at Copacabana beach. Some 1.5 million people…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Protection and Safety
COUNTRIES: Brazil
REGIONS: South America
#NotHim: In Brazil, Women Protest Far-Right Brazil Presidential Candidate
09/29/2018	| NPR
Brazilian women took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. With the vote little more than a week away, women are protesting against what they…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Human Rights
LGBTI Rights in Latin America: A(nother) Pending Debt
09/28/2018	| McGill International Review
The development of the LGBTI rights movement across the continent is awe-inspiring. With the precedent of the United Nations' protests against Cuban concentration camps for homosexuals in the 60's, various activist groups…
COUNTRIES: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
REGIONS: International, South America
Brazil's Evangelicals say Far-Right Presidential Candidate is Answer to Their Prayers
09/26/2018	| Reuters
On a visit to Israel two years ago, far-right Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro leaned back into the River Jordan in a white robe to be baptized in the arms of a fellow…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality
More than 300 LGBT+ People Have Been Killed in Brazil so Far This Year
09/27/2018	| Pink News
More than 300 people in Brazil have been killed in anti-LGBT hate crimes so far this year. One of the murders from this year was that of 38-year-old black, lesbian councilwoman Marielle…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights
Brazil's Transgender Volleyball Star Eyes Congress Seat
09/25/2018	| Channel News Asia
After a decade of tearing up professional men's volleyball leagues in Europe, Tiffany Abreu is used to taking on steep challenges. Fresh from becoming Brazil's first transgender player, she is running for…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Transgender and Intersex Issues
Dua Lipa Speaks Out About Brazil's Anti-LGBT Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro
Singer Dua Lipa and other musicians have spoken out against Brazil's anti-LGBT presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. The politician, who is a frontrunner in the presidential race, has made several homophobic comments, including…
COUNTRIES: Brazil, United Kingdom
REGIONS: Europe, South America
Brazilian Football Club Condemns its Fans After 'queers will be killed' Chant
A Brazilian football club has condemned its own supporters after they chanted death threats at opposing fans. On Sunday (September 16), during a 0-0 draw between Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro, Mineiro supporters…
Brazil's Leading Presidential Candidate's 'Moral Compass' is Anti-LGBT
09/12/2018	| South Florida Gay News
Jair Bolsonaro, who was an army captain under a bloody dictatorship and favors military rule, is leading Brazil's presidential polls after former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was barred from running…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Protection and Safety
Over 50 Trans-Candidates Registered for Brazilian General Election
09/08/2018	| teleSUR
At least 50 transgendered candidates have registered to participate in Brazil's October general elections. Although candidates may be removed for not fulfilling requirements outlined by the Electoral Justice Court, the current number,…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics, Human Rights, Transgender and Intersex Issues
Brazil: Judge Suspends Prohibition on Gender, Sexuality Courses
Brazilian judge Luis Roberto Barroso of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has temporarily suspended a municipal law in the capital city of Palmas, Tocantins, which vetoed courses on gender and sexuality in municipal public…
ISSUES: Human Rights, Protection and Safety, Transgender and Intersex Issues
Latin America's Rights Riddle
08/27/2018	| Foreign Policy
In Latin America, progressive politics present something of a mystery: As LGBT rights have flourished, women's reproductive rights have floundered. Earlier this month, for example, a bill to legalize abortion in the…
ISSUES: Culture Religion and Politics
COUNTRIES: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay
REGIONS: North America, South America