Brazil: Supreme Court has decided to criminalize homophobia and transphobia

After six sessions of debate on the subject, the Supreme Court of Brazil has decided to criminalize homophobia and transphobiabecause he considers that this amounts to racism. In this way, anyone who commits an act of discrimination will be penalized up to five years in prison.

In this way, the adopted decision will remain in force until the Congress approves a specific law, this exposes the project in more detail. Yet, it's a big step in a country run by Jair Bolsonaro, who declared himself "proud homophobic".

The meeting was centered on eleven judges – eight of whom were in favor – who exposed the daily suffering of members of the homobadual group. One of them was Carmen Lucia Antunes, who delivered a powerful speech.

"All prejudice is violence, all discrimination is violence, all discrimination is a form of suffering (…) all human beings are born free and equal and must be treated with the same spirit of fraternity "he opined.

The Brazilian Socialist Party was responsible for bringing the bill to justice, which denounced an "omission of Parliament" on the subjectwhich had been requested in the past by several organizations.

The fact represents a historical step since, as determined by the organization "Gay Group of Bahia", In 2018, 420 homobaduals and transbaduals died, either by homicide or suicide.

In addition, the decision was pbaded during the month of LGBT pride, for which different organizations celebrated in the streets of the main cities of Brazil.