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Enough of homophobia! - Danielo and Raphael, we are with you! Metro Line 1 Traffic, São Paulo Subway workers campaing against homophobia and show sympathy for a gay couple assaulted in one of the trains A summary of the case: On November 13th, Danilo Ferreira Putinato, 21, and Raphael Almeida Martins de Oliveira, 20, were assaulted by a group of 15 men who embarked between Tiradentes and Luz stations - two neighborhoods in São Paulo. They were beaten up and kicked out of the wagon just after the group went on the the train. The reason was just a kiss they were giving each other when the gang suddenly embarked. The case was reported and it is being investigated by the police.  This week, the Subway employees decided to send their sympathy to couple in a very touching way. They took photos with signs that read "enough of homophobia" and "Rafael and Danilo, we are with you" (see picture above).  Workers from different stations have taken part in the...

  19th Copacabana LGBT Pride Parade - 2014.  Watch Copacabana Pride Parade short video here: Joyful resilience is our biggest weapon.

AAI (Atheist Alliance International) Top Religious Influence Stories of 2013 E-mail received on Dec 31st, 2014 Religion continued to wield undue influence in world culture and politics, with a number of seismic shifts felt throughout 2013. Here are the top stories of 2013 as noted by Atheist Alliance International: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns On February 11, Pope Benedict announced to a shocked world that he was resigning as Pope as of February 28 - the first Pope to do so in over 600 years. Although he claimed that his decision was based on his declining health, he also stepped down from a papacy mired in sexual and financial scandals, from the rampant child molestations being uncovered in countries around the world (and the efforts by the church to keep them secret) to the trial of Pope Benedict's whistle-blowing butler to the scandals of the Vatican bank leading to the bank chief's ouster. More than one Vatican-watcher openly wondered whether these scandals weighed a...

CURTA A PÁGINA: www.open-your-mouth.eu Convocando o Governo Federal Alemão e todos os patrocinadores dos XXII Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2014 na Rússia a: ABRIREM SUAS BOCAS! ENOUGH is ENOUGH - Open Your Mouth (Chega! - Abra a sua boca) é um movimento que envolve diversas ações contra a perseguição russa aos cidadãos LGBT e visa conscientizar as grandes empresas envolvidas em patrocínio com relação a seu papel como formadoras de opinião. De acordo com Alfonso, um dos coordenadores do movimento, a reação da mídia e de grupos unindo-se à campanha tem sido muito grande. A ideia é dialogar com essas empresas e obter uma resposta positiva na luta contra o preconceito. Caso isso não funcione, o grupo poderá lançar mão de outras estratégias para se manifestar contra a homo/transfobia de Vladimir Putin, especialmente durante as Olimpíadas de Inverno. Veja algumas das maneiras pelas quais eles têm procurado fazer as pessoas pensarem a partir dos slogans de suas marcas prediletas...

Igor Xavier murdered with five shots  in the city of Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Judgement This Tuesday, a historical judgement is be held in Lafayette Court (Fórum Lafayette), district of Barro Preto, Center-South region of Belo Horizonte in the State of Minas Gerais - Brazil. Defendants Ricardo Athayde Vasconcelos, 58, and his son, Diego Rodrigues, 30, will be judged for the murder of gay actor and ballet dancer Igor Leonardo Xavier, killed a couple of days before turning 30 years old, in March, 2002. According to investigations, one of the defendants killed the ballet dancer because he felt “horror to homosexuals”. The judgement will be held from this Tuesday, Aug 27. Crime The victim was murdered 11 years ago in Montes Claros, a city in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. Investigations have found that Igor met Ricardo at a bar, who introduced himself as an art supporter and invited the young man to his house. There, he would have seen Igor flirti...

Brazilian LGBT up to protest in front of Russian representations It's been scheduled for Friday, August 23rd, 2013. Brazilian LGBT people will protest against the Russian Government homophobia and support the rights of lesbian, gays, bisexuals and transgender in Russia. It's time to stop Putin's atrocities. Kissing rallies and artistic interventions have been planned to happen in front of the following Russian representations in three Brazilian big cities: Embassy of Russia in Brasília (capital of Brazil) Address: Avenida das Nações, SES, Qd.801, Lote A, Brasília-DF, CEP: 70476-900 Russian Consulate in Rio de Janeiro Address: Rua Professor Azevedo Marquês, 50-Leblon, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, CEP: 22450-030 Russian Consulate in São Paulo Address: Avenida Lineu de Paula Machado, 1336, Jardim Everest, São-Paulo-SP, CEP: 05601-001 The event is being organized by this group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/336300569838131/?ref=notif&notif_t=plan_user_invited

The boys sang a song by Brazilian band Mamonas Assasinas, deceased due to an airplane crash. Feliciano, who is an evangelical pastor, attributed their death to God's judgement.   One of the band's best-selling songs was "Robocop Gay", in which Robocop came out. The boys who mocked Deputy Marco Feliciano, Congressman who wanted to approve the "Gay Cure" project and who is, as crazy as it may seem, in charge of the Human Rights Committee in the Congress, were all straight guys!!! However, Feliciano imputed the mockery to gay activists. That suits him as he loves to play the victim of the gay movement. Inversion. The guys is a complete homophobic who does not live one day without thinking of how to damage gay people's rights and lives. Feliciano tweeted messages saying that the mockery was all done by gay activists and said "May God protect us from these people." That was enough to raise his flock's anger against gay people. See tweets and...

In Portuguese here. Pastor Silas Malafaia Below, you'll find a note released by Dignity Group (Grupo Dignidade), which I've just translated into English, keeping it as faithful as I possibly could to the original. However, I've been told that it is hard to understand the case. So, I decided to offer my readers a summary by myself. Those interested in the note itself will find it below. SUMMARIZING THE CASE Translated and summarized by Sergio Viula Silas Malafaia is a pastor of the Assemblies of God in Brazil. His central office is in Rio de Janeiro. An openly opponent of the LGBT rights, Malafaia has been attacking the LGBT movement for quite a long time now. Not only has he preached against it, but also promoted actions against it through politicians faithful to him. The Brazilian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transexual Association (ABGLT) has prosecuted him for promoting hatred speech against LGBT people, especially after the 15th LGBT Parade of São Paulo...

'Thanks God' there are no gays in Africa, stated pilgrims from WYW From Brazilian Site: Terra July 23. 2013 • updated at 13:50 Translated from Portuguese to English by Sergio Viula to let some friends hear of it   Pilgrims from São Tomé e Príncipe say that  their country has no homosexuals, "thanks God"  Photo: Maurício Tonetto / Terra If the Catholic Church's stands suffer resistence from anti-homophobia groups in Brazil and several parts of the world, the same does not seem to take place in São Tomé e Príncipe, in Africa. The Church's condemnation on the homosexual practice is is aligned with the local population, according to reports by the pilgrims this Tuesday in the centenial Parish of Our Lady of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. That's Eva de Carvalhos's case, 48, she gives "thanks to God" when saying that "there isn't such a thing (homosexuals)" in her country. She is from the African country, which has a predomin...

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 lesb...

English Photo: gay protest during the opening cerimony of the final game of the Confederations Cup in Marcanã, 20/06/13 - Brazil 3x0 Spain. Português Foto: Protesto contra a homofobia durante a cerimônia de abertura da final da Copa das Confederações, Maracanã, 20/06/13 - Brasil 3x0.

President Dilma Rousseff receives LGBT activists, avoids talking about ‘gay cure’ and condemns discrimination Dilma (center) meets up with assessors and LGBT actvisits  in her office on June 28, 2013. photo by Veja magazine by Sergio Viula After the protest wave that swept Brazil nationwide in the last two weeks, President Dilma Rousseff started to lead a series of meetings with social movements. This June 28, against all odds, she finally received a group of LGBT activists. Dilma has been resistant to any approach related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Dilma’s misdeeds in education and health In May, 2011, she banned a project on education against homophobia in public schools handing in to noisy pressure by the evangelical board of deputies and senators in the Congress. In March, 2013, her government banned an HIV prevention campaign. The video advertisement included two young men who met in a disco and recommended safe sex. The video was aimed at people ...

Protesters call for the removal of Deputy Marco Feliciano from the presidency of the Human Rights Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (Photo: Kátia Carvalho/Estadão Conteúdo). Protesters hold a demonstration in Rio, calling for the criminalization of homophobia  (Photo: Marcelo Piu/ Agência O Globo).  By Sergio Viula Update on Jan 9th, 2025 English On June 28, 2013, around a thousand protesters gathered in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest against the "gay cure" bill approved by the Human Rights Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, chaired by Deputy Marco Feliciano. The demonstration began at the Candelária Church and marched to the City Council of Rio de Janeiro, lasting over four hours. During the protest, participants expressed their opposition to the bill and called for Feliciano's resignation from the presidency of the committee. Psychologist Fernanda Haikal, from the Regional Psychology Council, participated in the protest and criticized the bill, stating that...

English: Contact: Wayne Besen Phone: 917-691-5118   TWO Condemns Boy Scouts Decision As Cowardly, Incoherent, And Mean-Spirited An estimated 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) National Council just voted 61-38 percent to end the ban on gay youth participating in the program, but kept its outrageous and offensive policy banning gay leaders and volunteers. The following is Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen's statement: Today's Boy Scout's decision was insulting and pandered to ignorance and bigotry at the expense of gay people and their families. Allowing gay scouts but not adult scout leaders was a compromise - only in the sense that BSA compromised its integrity and decency. Let's be clear - this was not a step forward, but a step backward, because it reinforced the most vile stereotypes and misconceptions deliberately peddled by anti-gay activists. Today's decision was degrading, dehumanizing, and disgraceful. It sti...

President Dilma Rousseff: resilient in silence and omission about LGBT rights Dilma has offered no support to LGBT people in practice. One of the most faithful affiliations to the Workers' Party is definitely Ms Dilma Rousseff, elected president of Brazil two years ago. Believe it or not, PT - Workers' Party to which Dilma is affiliated - used to be demonized by Catholics and Evangelicals before President Lula's election (her predecessor). One of the principal reasons is that PT used to be seen as a radical left-wing party, with comunist ideas. Actually, PT is known to have borne flags such as those of women's rights, LGBT rights, the agrarian reform, workers' rights, Indians' rights and other causes that nagged most of the denominations as well as the Catholic church itself.  What nobody could have ever imagined is that after 8 years (two mandates) with President Lula followed by two more years with President Dilma (there are still tw...

   Read: Protests against human rights committee boss - GAY STAR NEWS Brazilian Deputy Jean Wyllys under attack by fundamentalists Jean Wyllys’ abridged trajectory Written by Sergio Viula Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos was born in the small town of Alagoinha, Bahia, on March 10th, 1974. He is a journalist, with a master’s degree in linguistics from the Federal University of Bahia. He is also a writer and, more recently, a politician, elected in 2010 as a federal deputy by PSOL (party) from Rio de Janeiro His mandate started in February, 2011.  Interestingly, Jean Wyllys took part in the 2005 edition of Bib Brother Brazil and won the reality show competition. That’s when the whole country came to know the great person he is. Ironically, Jean Wyllys was elected to the Brazilian parliament with the lowest amount of votes from Rio de Janeiro, which meant getting 13,016 votes (0,2%), being dragged upwards by the performance of a mate from the same party,...