PLEASE READ THIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE NOT FROM BRAZIL/LATIN AMERICA:
I’ll try my best to keep it as short and to the point as possible.
This absolutely outraged me and a lot of Brazilians when it happened, in September of last year. Even the National Board of Psychology said that gay conversion therapy is a violation of human rights and immoral. But that didn’t stop ONE judge from making this decision. ONE. JUDGE.
Seeing your country go backwards in progress reaaaaaaalllyyyyy sucks. And that’s an understatement. However, things could be about to finally get better.
Brazil is on the brink of presidential elections. The currently most popular candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, is a bigot in every sense of the word. He’s racist, sexist, homophobic… I could go on and on.
Recently, a councilwoman named Marielle Franco got assassinated in Rio de Janeiro. She was an outspoken activist for the rights of black and LGBTQ+ people in Brazil.
At the time of her death, Marielle was suing the police for their violence against black women, especially in the favelas. Since her death, protests have arised in the whole of Brazil.
“Political murder! For the end of military intervention! MARIELLE LIVES!”
Bolsonaro, as expected, has barely spoken out on Marielle’s murder. All he’s said so far is that it probably won’t get solved. We don’t know yet who killed Marielle, and it has barely been 2 weeks since her death, but it has already sparked huge amounts of change in the country.
Marielle’s murder has catalysed the black and LGBTQ+ movement in Brazil.
Katy Perry brought out Marielle’s family during a concert in Rio, and dedicated a song to her.
WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF CHANGE. The politicians in power do not represent the Brazilian people.
And to my fellow Brazilians:
Por favor, não esqueçam de manter a luta viva. Nós brasileiros merecemos melhor. Merecemos um país que anda pra frente. O governo não nos representa.
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