World Wide Wave

1 Jul 2013

Brazil: Pushing back on the gay cure

North and South America

“I’m not looking for a cure. I’m really happy,” says Miriam, a Brazilian who lives in England who is too scared to be out to her family and community in Brazil.  But she is concerned about the recent proposal by Marco Feliciano to push for a gay “cure”.

Brazil conjures up images of parties and beautiful beach-scapes but things are not quite as serene as the country’s officials would have you believe. Behind this facade, Brazil’s complex society is making social changes that may be dividing its religious factions from the general population.

World Wide Wave (WWW) tunes into the fight on the ground and talks to activist Guilherme Altmayer about Brazil’s move to marriage equality. The country’s National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system, says government offices have no standing to reject gay couples applications for marriage licenses.

She discusses the role religion is taking in the battle for equality and the Brazilian government’s controversial decision to appoint pastor Marco Feliciano to the Brazilian Parliament’s Commission for Human Rights and Minorities.

WWW is then joined by Brazilian and Melbourne-based psychologist David Chong who takes the team through what Brazilian society is like and the impact the discussions could have on people who may be trying to come out.

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