A post shared by Eduardo Leite (@eduardoleite45) A leading politician in Brazil, who is planning on challenging Jair Bolsonaro in Presidential elections next year, has come out as gay.Eduardo Leite is the 36-year-old governor of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
He is a member of the center-right Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB). He has been consistently critical of Bolsonaro’s handling of the Covid pandemic.Leite made the revelation on Thursday night during an interview with broadcaster TV Globo.“I have never spoken about a subject related to my private life,” Leite said. “But during this moment of low integrity in Brazil, I have nothing to hide.