Pūnaewele huakaʻi ʻo GayCities ke ao aku nei i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi LGBTQ + e makaʻala keu ke hele i Brazil. Wahi a ka pūnaewele, aia kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hana ʻino e kūʻē iā LGBTQ + poʻe i ka ʻāina. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pepehi kanaka i kēlā me kēia lā ma Brazil ma muli o ka moekolohe - 445 mau kānaka i pepehi ʻia ma 2017 ma muli o ko lākou LGBTQ + orientation. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua pepehi ʻia ma mua o 160 ka poʻe transgender.
ʻO ka luku nui ʻana o kahi kanaka LGBTQ + ma Brazil ʻo Marielle Franco, kahi ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina ma Rio de Janeiro a me kahi wahine aloha wahine a wahine kūpale hoʻi. Ua kī ʻia ʻo Marielle i loko o kahi kalaiwa e ka pana ma 2018 ma hope o ke kāhea ʻana i ka make o Matheus Melo Castro, kahi kanaka ʻeleʻele i kī ʻia e nā mākaʻi i kahi wahi palekana.
ʻO ka Pelekikena o Brazil, ʻo Jair Bolsonaro, i hana iki e pane i ka nui loa o ka hana ʻino e kaumaha ai ke kaiāulu LGBTQ + o kēlā me kēia lā. Akā ke hoʻoulu nei ʻo ia i kēia inaina. Ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i ke keʻena i Ianuali, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bolsonaro ʻoi aku kona makemake i kāna keiki kāne make ma mua o ke kāne male me ka hoʻohui ʻana e hahau ʻo ia i kahi kāne like inā ʻike ʻo ia iā lākou e honi ana. Ua aʻo aku ka Pelekikena i kona ʻāina e hana i ka mea e pono ai e lilo ʻole ʻo Brazil i “paradaiso mākaʻikaʻi kāne kāne.”
ʻO Brazil wale nō ka ʻāina helu ʻekahi ʻo LGBTQ + poʻe e makaʻala i ka huakaʻi. Aia pū kekahi ma laila ʻo ʻAigupita, Tanzania. Ma ʻAigupita, ua hopu ʻia ma mua o 57 ka poʻe i kahi anti-LGBTQ + crackdown ma 2017. Ma Tanzania, ua hoʻokumu ke kapikala o Dar Es Salaam i kahi pūʻali kiaʻi i ka makahiki i hala e ʻike a hopu i ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he LGBTQ +.
