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| Region | Brazil |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Nov 5, 2001 |
| End Date | Jun 12, 2019 |
| Description | Some anti-discrimination laws provided limited protections for LGBT people. |
| Sources | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal in some contexts |
| Special Status | N/A | Illegal in some contexts |
| Description | Even though some laws prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people have been passed in Brazil, they were not actually enforced. | Some anti-discrimination laws provided limited protections for LGBT people. |
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| Sources | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/direitos-humanos/noticia/2017-05/dia-de-combate-homofobia-sera-marcado-por-debates-em-salvador http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Description | Some laws punishing discrimination against LGBT people have been created in Brazil, court ruling pending. | Even though some laws prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people have been passed in Brazil, they were not actually enforced. |
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| Sources | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/direitos-humanos/noticia/2017-05/dia-de-combate-homofobia-sera-marcado-por-debates-em-salvador http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
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| Start Date | Aug 22, 2001 | Nov 5, 2001 |
| Description | Discrimination is illegal in some parts of Brazil. | Some laws punishing discrimination against LGBT people have been created in Brazil, court ruling pending. |
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| Sources | https://www.abglt.org/alagoas https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/legislacao/165355/lei-10948-01 https://www.al.sp.gov.br/noticia/?17/05/2023/dia-internacional-de-combate-a-lgbtfobia--confira-normas-que-a-alesp-ja-aprovou-em-apoio-a-causa http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200101041439/ http://www.grupodignidade.org.br/legislacao/emenda-constitucional-no-232001-alagoas/ https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://www.abglt.org/alagoas https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200101041439/http://www.grupodignidade.org.br/legislacao/emenda-constitucional-no-232001-alagoas/ https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200101041439/ http://www.grupodignidade.org.br/legislacao/emenda-constitucional-no-232001-alagoas/ https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
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| Start Date | Oct 5, 1988 | Aug 22, 2001 |
| End Date | Jun 13, 2019 | Jun 12, 2019 |
| Sources | http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://amaivos.uol.com.br/amaivos09/noticia/noticia.asp?cod_noticia=7844&cod_canal=38 http://noticias.r7.com/brasil/noticias/senadores-aprovam-projeto-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-homossexuais-20091110.html http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 | https://web.archive.org/web/20200101041439/http://www.grupodignidade.org.br/legislacao/emenda-constitucional-no-232001-alagoas/ https://www.al.sp.gov.br/repositorio/legislacao/lei/2001/lei-10948-05.11.2001.html https://justica.sp.gov.br/index.php/comissoes-especiais/discriminacao-em-razao-de-orientacao-sexual-ou-identidade-de-genero/ http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
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| End Date | (none) | Jun 13, 2019 |
| Description | Discrimination is illegal in some parts of Brazil. |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Oct 5, 1988 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estado-tera-nova-lei-contra-homofobia-7927887 http://amaivos.uol.com.br/amaivos09/noticia/noticia.asp?cod_noticia=7844&cod_canal=38 http://noticias.r7.com/brasil/noticias/senadores-aprovam-projeto-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-homossexuais-20091110.html http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/df-publica-revoga-no-mesmo-dia-lei-para-punir-discriminacao-contra-gays-8347335 |
Reports (12)
- Status is not correct "The Supreme Court has ruled illegal since 2019.
Source: http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=414010"
- Status is not correct "Since STF ban, the current status is that LGBTphobia is illegal in the entire country"
- Status is not correct "May 23rd, 2019. Supreme court ruled that, in the absence of a specific law, homophobia is a form of discrimination equivalent to racism (as anti-semitism is considered)."
- Status is not correct "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48391926"
- Status is not correct "Brazil criminalized homophobia nationwide in 2019"
- Newer law has been passed "It’s a CRIME to discriminate against someone because of sexual orientation or gender identity since JULY 13, 2019.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/portuguese/amp/brasil-47206924"
- Newer law has been passed "Supreme Court has approved a law that criminalizes homophobic conducts in all contexts."
- Status is not correct "It has been changed a week ago <3 "
- Newer law has been passed "Discrimination toward sexual orientation and gender identity becomes temporarily illegal throughout all 27 Brazilian federative units by Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) as of June 13, 2019 until the National Congress enacts a law accordingly.
http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=414010
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-47206924
https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/06/13/stf-permite-criminalizacao-da-homofobia-e-da-transfobia.ghtml"
- Status is not correct "On 13th June the Supreme Court has included LGBT people in national law against discrimination. "
- Newer law has been passed "On June 13, 2019, our eleven ministers who comprise Brazil's Supreme Federal Court have decided to equate existing racism crime law to that of sexual orientation and gender identity.
VOTED FOR (8):
Cármen Lúcia;
Celso de Mello;
Luis Edson Fachin;
Luís Roberto Barroso;
Alexandre de Moraes;
Rosa Weber;
Luiz Fux;
Gilmar Mendes.
VOTED AGAINST (3):
Ricardo Lewandowski;
Marco Aurélio;
Dias Toffoli.
Link: http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=414010"
- Status is not correct "Is not illegal to be gay in Brazil in any context. "