Posted on 08/24/2023 4:10:47 PM PDT by Ennis85
In a landmark decision, Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 22) ruled that homophobic slurs will now be punishable by prison. The decision has been received well by the LGBTQ+ community which has been battling rampant violence against it in the country.
In a nearly unanimous 9-1 ruling, homophobic slurs have been put on the same legal level as racist hate speech. Justice Edson Fachin, who delivered the verdict, said the ruling was a "constitutional imperative" to give LGBTQ+ citizens equal protection under the law.
The Brazilians were elated after the announcement and took to social media to rejoice in the ruling.
"We need to celebrate, yes! It is a victory against LGBTPHOBIA," said one of the netizens while another added: "I lived to see such a decision. The movement continues."
Meanwhile, a third said: "Important achievement, but a mark of how backward Brazil is The Supreme Court had to equate LGBTphobia with racial slurs/racism because Congress refuses to legislate on this topic. Brazilian law simply does not directly punish LBGTphobics!!"
Notably, it was in 2019 that the Brazilian apex court made homophobia and transphobia crimes similar to racism. Racism was made a crime in Brazil in 1989 with prison sentences of up to five years.
However, the 2019 ruling applied to hate speech against the entire community, not particular individuals. The Tuesday ruling sets this right and now any hate speech will be punishable by prison terms of two to five years.
Experts argue that such stringent rules are necessary, especially in a country like Brazil where transphobia and homophobia are widespread. According to the rights group Transgender Europe, 228 people belonging to the LGBTQ+ community were murdered in 2022. In total, 1,741 community members have been killed between 2008 and 2022.
Notable homophobes should really receive medals—including the highest possible civilian award for merit!!!!
Brazil. Samba and Gomorrah.
Uh, phobia? Isnt that fear? Not skerred of them. Don’t agree with them.
What about heterophobia?
Landmark means favoring the libs. Otherwise it’s “controversial.”
This is really sick. I really don’t care who goes with whom as long as they are at or above the legal age of consent (going after children is a different thing altogether, no matter) but when you start to restrict free speech, this is where dictatorships come in. If you are for or against something, you have the right to speak up and say your piece. I hate all the rubbing our noses into it by the LGBT community every 3 minutes. If you are, or are not, just get a room and live your life like we all do. I realize there are different people of all stripes, I get that and no one deserves to be picked on LGBT, straight, whatever. These people keep pushing and pushing and at some point they will regret it.
Real turn around for Brazil ... already on track to become full fascist. I guess they are trying to be European.
Fearing queers is an imprisonable offense? What will they say you can’t be afraid of next?
Another stolen election.
Another $hithole country.
Elect amoral communists and voila! Immorality reigns supreme.
“Phobia” — an irrational fear.
We are afraid of the Alphabets. Just nauseated and repulsed by the.
In the 1650s, “to loathe, to reject with disgust.”
Maybe “Homonausea”? Or “Alphanausea”?
Anti-Catholicism is apparently okay.
The sane are are locked up, while the nuts run loose.. And we just accept it. What a world. :(
‘Zackly.
This is not “equal protection”. It is special privilege!
I won’t be going to that cesspool.
Unfortunately, the former US is rapidly becoming a cesspool, too.
Where you'd promptly get buttf**ked.
The implication here is bogus. Brazil has something like 50,000 to 60,000 homicides per year. Awful in total, but from these figures, gay people have a disproportionately low murder rate there.
It's very common for statistics like these to be presented in a misleading way (if they're not just made up).
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