A Brazilian gay MP has given up his bank for the number of death threats he's received

It's Jean Wyllys, the first Brazilian legislator to declare himself publicly gay. Due to death threats, the politician has left his country because he considers that it is no longer a safe place for him.

Jean Wyllys resigned from his congressional post on Thursday and left Brazil for fear of the repeated death threats he's been receiving for several years. Wyllys is recognized among Brazilians as the first legislator to have publicly declared gay, to have been the flag bearer of the LGTBQ community in Brazil and to have been a militant partner of Marielle Franco, the councilor was badbadinated last year in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, he was one of those who asked his partner the most justice and systematically recalled political and judicial inaction.

Marielle Franco, emblematic activist for the rights of black women and one of the biggest critics against military intervention, was shot dead last year, considered a political attack by the public opinion public. As a result, Jean Wyllys has stopped feeling safe in his country. "When they executed Marielle, I had a notion of seriousness: in addition to these death threats from groups of badbadins, from hired killers linked to the militia, there was another possibility: the attack by fanatics who believe in systematic defamation against me, "said Wyllys.

The ex-deputy said his decision to withdraw from the bank did not respond directly to President Jair Bolsonaro's leadership, but to the resurgence of violence that followed his election victory. "This was not his choice in itself – it's the level of violence that has increased after his election." To get an idea, they pulled the hearts of a transvestite a few days ago. This guy (the murderer) put an image of a saint in his place, "he added.

Wyllys' decision goes hand in hand with the recent discovery regarding the president's eldest son, Flavio Bolsonaro: until November 2018, he had hired in his office two of the main suspect's parents to have killed Franco. "It scares me to know that the son of the president hired in his office the wife and the mother (of the alleged killer hired) .The president has always defamed me," he said. has always insulted openly, has always used homophobia against me.This environment is not safe for me, "said the MP highlighting the aggressive speech of Bolsonaro against the community gay.

Shortly after the announcement of the resignation of Wyllys, President Bolsonaro and one of his sons, Carlos, tweeted two messages interpreted as a celebration of the news: "Great day" and "Go with God and be happy ", respectively.

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