BRAZIL HOMOPHOBIA - PRIDE TO BE HETEROSEXUAL DAY

The City Council approved legislation Tuesday designating the third Sunday in December as Heterosexual Pride Day; it requires Mayor Gilberto Kassab's signature to become law, and he has not said whether he will sign it.

Carlos Apolinário (pictured), the conservative council member who authored the measure, says he does not want a parade to mark the day, but felt "compelled to make a symbolic move to shore up Brazil's eroding 'morals,'" reports The Christian Science Monitor.

"The creation of Heterosexual Day does not symbolize a struggle against gays but against what I believe are excesses and privileges," he said, according to the Monitor.

He pointed out that the gay pride parade is held on one of the city's main streets, Paulista Avenue, while the March for Jesus, organized by evangelical groups, is not allowed there, the Associated Press notes.

The Brazilian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Association issued a statement denouncing the legislation. "The celebration of heterosexual pride is inappropriate because it belittles the just cause of the LGBT community," the statement said. "Unlike homosexuals, heterosexuals are not discriminated against simply for being heterosexuals."

Gay groups also said the measure could encourage violence against LGBT people. Gay Brazilians are being murdered at a rate that has doubled in the past five years, according to the Gay Group of Bahia. Other critics said the council should not be establishing a Heterosexual Pride Day but addressing more pressing issues, including crime, pollution, and infrastructure. São Paulo is also behind schedule in preparations to host soccer's World Cup in 2014 and may lose the event to another locale.
El Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Sao Paulo aprobó una ley que crea el Día del Orgullo Heterosexual, que se celebrará el tercer domingo de cada diciembre.

La ley aún debe ser aprobada por el alcalde de la ciudad más grande de Sudamérica, Gilberto Kassab, quien dijo que primero estudiará la ley. Su oficina de prensa se negó a decir cuándo tomaría una decisión.

Carlos Apolinario, el autor de la ley, dijo el Día del Orgullo Heterosexual no es antigay, sino una protesta contra lo que calificó de privilegios de la comunidad gay.

Como ejemplo de ello mencionó cómo la marcha del orgullo gay en Sao Paulo se realiza todos los años sobre la avenida Paulista, una de las vías principales de la ciudad. En contraste, señaló, la Marcha por Jesús organizada por grupos evangélicos no puede usar la misma ruta.

"Yo respeto a los homosexuales y estoy en contra de cualquier tipo de agresión en su contra", dijo. "No tengo problema coexistiendo con ellos siempre y cuando su comportamiento sea normal".

La Asociación Brasileña de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transgénero dijo que la ley de Apolinario podría provocar violencia homofóbica.

"¿Cuantos LGTB serán atacados debido al mensaje de que sólo la heterosexualidad convierte a una persona en moral y buen ciudadano?", dijo la asociación en un comunicado.

"La celebración de orgullo heterosexual es inapropiada porque menosprecia la causa justa de la comunidad LGBT", dice el comunicado. "A diferencia de los homosexuales, los heterosexuales no son discriminados simplemente por ser heterosexuales".

En un reporte reciente, el Grupo Gay de Bahía, a favor de los derechos homosexuales, dijo que 260 homosexuales fueron asesinados en Brasil el año pasado, un 113% por arriba de lo registrado hace cinco años.

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[laaravalia]

me desculpa, mas vcs estão perdendo o ponto.. foda-se se o cara é um americano e ñ sabe pronunciar São Paulo. MTA gnt no mundo, eu diria inclusive a maioria, ñ saberia. isso NÃO é importante. incrível é um cara que nem do Brasil é se indignar com essa medida altamente homofóbica e as pessoas DAQUI, os brasileiros NÃO. foda-se se vc ñ é gay, todo mundo devia ter a decência de admitir o qnto esse projeto é absurdo e o qnto esse Apolinário é um preconceituoso que nunca devia ter sido eleito.

[GabiLaudares]

I tell you what is wrong with Brazil. Our education sucks.We can not have a critical opinion even living in a democracy, censorship is more common than you think. Thus, the population lives in an eternal anesthesia as the key policy issues for the progress of the nation to a better level.

[73380401]

I doubt if it really is only 10% gay in Brazil.If it is,it will be a temporary state and sooner or later it will catch up with the UK where it is a lot more than 10%.In comes Gay rights and out goes heterosexual rights.

[rep5281]

@ViLeiteC Those languages are derived from Latin but they are not Latin nor are the names of the cities you mentioned.

[ViLeiteC]

@rep5281 -.-'

Oh yeah... it isn't... of course not... What was I thinking! If "Los Angeles" is the name of a USA city, why would it be a Latin variant(spanish, portuguese, french, etc)? USA speakes ONLY English, after all... My apologies. I didn't know I was that stupid...

[rep5281]

@ViniLdCff Those names are not Latin.

[rep5281]

@StraightOuttaDC You cannot possibly change your sexual preference nor did you choose to be straight, stupid. You just are straight and if all men were attracted to women there would be no gay men. If all women were attracted to men, there would be no lesbians.

[graphikbeat]

well...the same way you feel discriminated against your sexuality I am feeling discriminated against your xenophobia. In the same way saying all gays are perverts or saying this is a wrong thing to do you saying "Seo Peulo" in a sarcastic way and tell the whole city to fuck of is wrong.You are putting us in the same bag. You are being the same prick as any homophobic. Discrimination comes from any side as you can see.

[engelarzt]

I live in São Paulo,and you know what? you are right!! Is fucking ridiculous this hetero pride day! Thanks for sharing with us XD

[Nanda91]

Yeah man... I'm getting tired to apologize for my own country, but sorry. You know, there are lots of us brazilians who also think that this is an absurd, so please, don't generalize. We're trying to change. And, I'm just asking, but do you think that, by showing something terrible like this we're any worse than any other country? Like the US, for instance, where the homophobia won't appear as clearly, but it's just as dangerous?

[deancrawford06]

Well I watched the another video on the same topic. I made a response but had to re-do it because I was out the night before my speech was messed I had to redo my response this time around it has not be accepted either that he has not responded to it. And there is more this story than you are anyone who has done a video on this revealing typical. Oh by the way if you don't believe in what Gay people what you to believe in then your branded a homophobe (A made up word by Gay Activist)

[ViniLdCff]

Oh, please... It wasn't aproved. And... OMG, you have a lot of cities with latin names. Why is it so hard to say "São Paulo"? At least is close to "San Paul", try that! ._. Is it so hard to say "San Francisco"? "Los Angeles"? -.-'