A protest and kissing rally led by transfeminsts and LGBT people took place on July 22nd, 2013 on the famous square named Largo do Machado, in Rio. The protest was followed by a walk as far as the Guanabara Palace, where Pope Francis gave his first official speech in Brazil.
Organized by a group of LGBT citizens over Facebook, the protest was not labeled with any LGBT advocacy groups' names. According to one of the organizers, the protest had been planned since the previous Pope Benedictus XVI gave a speech in the end of 2012, saying that same-sex partners' families were a threat to the world and that we are the evil in the world.
"There is no interest in meeting up with the Pope, we have nothing to demand from the church. We do not want or need any religion to legitimate our sexualities. We just want them to be respected. (...) People usually don't link religious statements with the killing of Transvestites and Transexuals, or with the aggressions suffered by lesbians and gay men, as if physical violence did not find in the religious approach,which assaults on our sexualities, enough moralist support." - says one of the organizers.



Organized by a group of LGBT citizens over Facebook, the protest was not labeled with any LGBT advocacy groups' names. According to one of the organizers, the protest had been planned since the previous Pope Benedictus XVI gave a speech in the end of 2012, saying that same-sex partners' families were a threat to the world and that we are the evil in the world.
"There is no interest in meeting up with the Pope, we have nothing to demand from the church. We do not want or need any religion to legitimate our sexualities. We just want them to be respected. (...) People usually don't link religious statements with the killing of Transvestites and Transexuals, or with the aggressions suffered by lesbians and gay men, as if physical violence did not find in the religious approach,which assaults on our sexualities, enough moralist support." - says one of the organizers.
Some of the organizers
The banners read: IN EVERY KISS, A REVOLUTION
The banner reads: Get out of the closet
Em Português
Um protesto e um beijaço liderados por transfeministas e pessoas LGBT ocorreram em 22 de julho de 2013, na famosa praça Largo do Machado, no Rio de Janeiro. O protesto foi seguido por uma caminhada até o Palácio Guanabara, onde o Papa Francisco fez seu primeiro discurso oficial no Brasil.
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