Hi everyone, I chose this article this week particularly because in my gender-based violence class’ lecture we were discussing homophobic violence and this struck my interest. This article came based upon some statistics that were taken in 2017. According to this article there were at least 445 LGBT Brazilians that died as victims of homophobic violence in 2017.
The number 445 was broken down into 387 murders and 58 suicides. Because Brazil is already known as a violent country, Homophobia is not something that the laws are enforced against at all. In this country, LGBT community members were treated like animals because “gay people” were seen as the devil. Most homophobic individuals even believed that LGBT members can be beaten straight.
My question for everyone is, shouldn’t there be policies enforced against homophobic violence in Brazil? It is not fair that these citizens think they can beat someone “straight.”
Cowie, Sam. The Guardian. Violent deaths of LGBT people in Brazil hit all-time high. Guardian News and Media. January 22, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/22/brazil-lgbt-violence-deaths-all-time-high-new-research. June 03, 2018.