Jair Bolsonaro: Last News

Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Grostein Andrade and his husband Fernando Siqueira left Brazil for Los Angeles after receiving death threats for speaking out against the election of Jair Bolsonaro. Four years later, with Bolsonaro seeking a second term, they say they felt a personal responsibility to make a documentary highlighting the dangers of the incumbent president's "catastrophic masculinity" - toxic masculinity on a scale big enough to cause national or even worldwide damage.

Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers will be on assignment in Brazil through Oct. 11.

Brazil has elected its first two openly transgender women, Erika Hilton and Duda Salabert, to congress in a historic vote on 2 October.

Brazil voted in the first two transgender members of its Congress in Sunday’s election, while the nation’s anti-LGBTQ+ president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been forced into a runoff as he seeks reelection.Erika Hilton won a seat representing the state of São Paulo, and voters in the state of Minas Gerais elected Duda Salabert, the Washington Blade reports. Both women are currently members of the municipal councils in their respective cities, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.“We are going to get off the street corners, we are going to get out of jails, we are going to get off crack corners and prostitution and start to think about public policies and legislation,” Hilton said after the vote, according to The Guardian.

Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers will be on assignment in Brazil through Oct. 11.

Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers will be on assignment in Brazil through Oct. 11.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is up for re-election on October 2. He’s a fanatical far-right politician that seemingly no one took seriously until they had no choice.

Donald Trump has expressed his full-throated endorsement for far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is trailing by double digits in his reelection campaign.Bolsonaro, who Trump referred to as "Tropical Trump," is down 10 points to Workers' Party candidate and former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in first-round polling ahead of the October 2 election, according to a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday. That is a 2-point drop in da Silva's lead, now 44 percent to 34 percent, compared to last week's survey.A total of 2,000 people were surveyed between September 2 and 5, in interviews conducted at voters' homes in São Paulo.

Federal police in Brazil have called for prosecutors to charge President Jair Bolsonaro with incitement for spreading false information about COVID-19.

supports HTML5 videoHundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Sao Paolo for the annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade following two years of virtual events during the pandemic.The 26th event in the Brazilian city was held under the slogan ‘Vote with pride – for policies that represent us’, in reference to the upcoming presidential election in October.Incumbent far right-wing leader, Jair Bolsonaro, faced criticism from revellers who shouted and held signs aloft calling for his departure from office.The president, who has described himself as ‘proudly homophobic’, will be pitted against left-wing rival Lula da Silva, who is currently ahead in the polls.  Sao Paolo was transformed into a rainbow party for the event, with colourful floats lining the streets.The march travelled from main road, Paulista Avenue, advancing towards Roosevelt Square on Sunday.

Mars One. The film examines the life of a Brazilian family during the 2018 election of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro.

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President Biden on Tuesday in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly spoke in support of LGBTQ rights around the world, specifically calling out anti-LGBTQ crackdowns in Chechnya and Cameroon.

Leite made history when he came out as gay in July 2021 by becoming the first out governor in Brazil’s history.

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has been admitted to a São Paulo hospital after a bad (and we mean bad) case of the hiccups has remained steady for over ten days, reports Globo.The ultra-conservative and self-described antigay leader was first taken to an army hospital in the capital city of Brasilia before being transferred to the civilian facility to be tested for an obstructed intestine.If the hiccups don’t stop on their own he could be looking at emergency surgery soon.Bolsonaro has faced widespread criticism for his mishandling of the Coronavirus pandemic, underplaying the threat to such a degree that makes Trump’s response seem almost measured. Almost.

infamous internationally for its homophobia and violence directed against members of the LGBTQ community.Leite, 36, from the center-right Brazilian Social Democratic Party, made the announcement during an interview with Brazil’s top broadcaster, TV Globo, last Thursday. “I’m gay — and I’m a governor who is gay rather than a gay governor,” Leite said in the interview. “Just as Obama in the United States wasn’t a Black president, but a president who was Black.

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).

Parabenizo o gov. @EduardoLeite_ pela bravura! Sei a dor que é a prisão do armário, sobretudo num ambiente conservador como a Política, e cada um deve descobrir seu momento certo para esse gesto.

Sitting down with journalist Pedro Bial, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul opened up about his sexuality stating he has “nothing to hide.”

His support for Jair Bolsonaro, however, is still a stain on his record. (Image via video still)

Brazil still reels from the brutal attack on a gay man last week. Unidentified assailants attacked the victim in Florianópolis who beat him, raped him with sharp objects, and forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his own flesh.The Guardian reports that police have not identified the victim by name to protect his privacy.

Pictured: A participant in a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.A gay man in Florianópolis, Brazil, was gang-raped last week, one of the latest examples of horrific violence against LGBTQ+ people in the country — violence that activists say is spurred on by the nation’s homophobic president.The man, whose name has not been released, was attacked “by three armed men who used sharp objects during the assault and forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his legs,” The Guardian reports. The perpetrators left him in the street, but someone eventually found him, and he was taken to a hospital.

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Brazil’s federal government has been noted for some of its anti-LGBTQ+ and far-right leaning policies. However, on November 15, 2020, Brazil held its local elections and voted in 25 new transgender lawmakers and a total of 48 new LGBTQ+ city councillors. An important social shift, considering Brazil has been known as one of the most […]

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has said they have to fight COVID-19 and stop acting like a ‘country of fags’.

The president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro used a vile homophobic slur when addressing the public’s fears over COVID-19. During a speech at the presidential palace on Tuesday, November 10, Bolsonaro demanded that the public stop being a country of ‘maricas’ in their response to COVID-19. This Portuguese term can be translated to mean ‘sissies’ or […]

In un’intervista rilasciata il 24 settembre a Estadao il pastore presbiteriano Milton Ribeiro, che Bolsonaro ha nominato ministro dell’Istruzione il 10 luglio scorso (è il terzo a essere stato scelto quale titolare del dicastero dal presidente del Brasile in poco più di un anno di mandato, succedendo così a Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez e ad Abraham Weintraub), ha dichiarato che l‘omosessualità «non è normale» e che in un adolescente è originata da «un contesto familiare problematico».

COVID-19.Now, it has emerged that Bolsonaro used a homophobic slur when mocking the use of facemasks to his staff.A leading newspaper in Brazil, The Folha de São Paulo, says Bolsonaro, before his diagnosis, mocked staff who wore facemasks, saying they were, “coisa de viado”. A homophobic slur, this roughly translates as “for fairies”.Related: After months of downplaying coronavirus, Brazil’s antigay president tests positive for COVID-19The allegation prompted widespread condemnation from local LGBTQ advocates.

“Make Brazil Great Again” @realdonaldtrump @mikepence @alvarogarnero ????????????A post shared by Fabio Wajngarten (@fabiowajngarten) on After months of downplaying the coronavirus, calling it nothing more than a “little flu” and vetoing a bill to distribute masks to the poor, Brazil’s homophobic president Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19.65-year-old Bolsonaro made the announcement on Brazilian TV channels today, telling viewers, “Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later.”Related: Brazil’s new president attacks LGBTQ rights on first day in officeHe continued, “On Sunday, I wasn’t feeling very well. On Monday, it got worse when I started feeling tired and some muscle pain.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has said the World Health Organization encourages children as young as four to have same-sex relations.

Out of the all the world leaders to have reacted the worst to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is definitely up there. The Brazilian president has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the virus, and joined protests attempting to end the lockdown.

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, who once said he’d rather have a dead son than a gay one, falsely accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of encouraging homosexuality and masturbation among young children in a series of bizarre Facebook posts.

Taking a cue from President Trump, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is attempting to undermine the World Health Organization with bigotry and misinformation.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro deleted a Facebook post he wrote claiming the World Health Organisation (WHO) was indoctrinating children.

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who was President Donald Trump’s guest at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, has just tested positive for the coronavirus. He is the second Brazilian official Trump spent time with who has tested positive for the virus that has caused thousands of deaths worldwide.

The ultra-homophobic right-wing president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after his press secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, also tested positive for the virus.

Miami boasts one of the largest LGBTQ communities in the world and is considered by many to be a queer mecca, attracting more than 1 million LGBTQ visitors each year. Which is why it’s extra strange the city’s mayor, Francis Suarez, has been caught palling around with Brazil’s super homophobic president Jair Bolsonaro, a.k.a. “Tropical Trump.”

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro regularly offends opponents with political incorrectness and far-right diatribes, but he is taking heavier fire than usual for suggesting a respected journalist tried to get dirt on him with offers of sex.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO – Brazil’s famed Carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday as millions of scantily clad revelers poured into the streets, many of whom took the opportunity to parody or otherwise comment on the nation’s deeply polarized political climate.

A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Rebecca Martin