World Wide Wave

21 Oct 2013

Brazil: Discrimination persists, despite laws

North and South America

Although same-sex unions have been legally recognized in Brazil since 2004, Lucas Paoli Itaborahy from Micro Rainbow International explains there is a long way to go before true equality becomes a reality.

“Religious and conservative opposition is increasingly getting more support and really pushing against the LGBTI community. They’ve dominated the debate. We have a great amount of evangelical and Catholic politicians in our Senate and they’ve been really jeopardising the progress and really hindering any legal developments.”

Homosexuality in Brazil has been legal for a long time, there are even laws preventing discrimination. Yet it is often easier for same-sex attracted people to hide, something the trans community can’t easily do, making them particularly vulnerable and more likely to face economical difficulties.

“When it comes to discrimination, when it comes to acceptability, the trans community is the one that is the most affected, the one that suffers the most.”

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