Debajo realizamos un detalle de las actividades más relevantes.

Desayuno con parlamentarios y militantes LGBTI

Fecha: 17/058:30 horasLugar: Auditorio Freitas Nobre – Subsuelo del Anexo IV de la Cámara de Diputados

Información adicional: Frente Parlamentario por los Derechos Humanos / Gabinete del Diputado Federal Jean

Wyllys frentedhumanos@gmail.com; Ascom@jeanwyllys.com.br 61 3215 5646

Audiencia pública en conmemoración del Día Internacional Contra la Homofobia y Transfobia

Fecha: 17/05

10:30 horas

En el caso de que se produzca un accidente,

Información adicional: Comisión de Asuntos Sociales – cas@senado.gov.br 61 3303 4608

Audiencia Pública – Crímenes de Odio contra LGBTI

Fecha: 17/05 14 horas

Lugar: Pleno 9 de la Cámara de Diputados

Información adicional: Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Minorías – cdh@camara.legbr 61 3216 6570

Seminario de Lucha contra la LGBTfobia

Fecha: 18/05De las 9 a las 13 horas

Lugar: Interlegis – SAFN Anexo E del Senado – Zona Cívico-Administrativa

Información adicional: eliseuoneto@gmail.com

Aviso importante: Es bastante difícil entrar en el Congreso Nacional a causa de la reforma de la previsión y la reforma laboral. Su nombre y RG deben estar en la lista de invitados de los eventos que será enviada a la Policía Legislativa, para poder entrar al Congreso.

En el caso de los correos electrónicos:

Café da manhã: frentedhumanos@gmail.com; ascom@jeanwyllys.combr

Audiência no Senado: cas@senado.gov.br

Audiência na Câmara: cdh@camara.leg.br

Seminário: eliseuoneto@gmail.com

Aprovechando el impulso de los videos internacionales, el Proyecto ha implementado programas en beneficio de los jóvenes LGBT en seis continentes. En respuesta a la temática global de IDAHOT 2015 y su enfoque en Jóvenes LGBTI, todos los afiliados IGB han puesto su mayor esfuerzo para ofrecer un amplio programa de acción!

PORTUGAL: Tudo Vai Melhorar  realizara una campaña de “Abrazos Gratis” en las calles de Lisboa y Porto para promover la aceptación y el amor en detrimento de la homofobia y transfobia. Exitosamente realizaron esta acción en el pasado y esperamos que tengan mayor éxito este año. (https://youtu.be/3z43NF12Q38).

MEXICO: Todo Mejora México se encuentra trabajando con la popular YouTuber Victoria Volkóva para lanzar un compilado de vídeos de sus seguidores contando en 20 segundos como todo mejora para ellos cuando no tienen que enfrentar transfobia u homofobia  (se lanzará el 17 de mayo).

ITALIA: Le Cose Cambiano, en cooperación con los estudiantes universitarios de Progetto Prisma y mujeres del Grupo InContrO Liceo Govone, junto a otras organizaciones amigables con las personas LGBT (como Amnistía Internacional) realizarán un flashmob en las calles de Bologna para IDAHOT. Éstos grupos también se reunirán el 19 de mayo para un debate sobre representación LGBT en la tienda de libros YA y el 20 de mayo para celebrar la traducción al italiano del libro de Ian Rivers “Homophobic Bullying”.

CHILE: Todo Mejora lanzará un vídeo musical que producirán con la artista chilena Francisca Valenzuela llamado Insulto, una canción inspiradora sobre la superación del acoso escolar para los jóvenes LGBT (ver el video letras aquí). Junto con GLSEN (una red de educativa basada en los Estados Unidos), Todo Mejora también lanzará la edición en español del Juego de espacio seguro, una guía sobre cómo ser un aliado para los estudiantes LGBT.

MOLDAVIA: Egali será co-anfitrión de una serie de eventos en los días previos a, en, y después de IDAHOT. Estos incluyen el 14a Festival Anual del Orgullo (titulado “Rainbows over Dniester”), la tercera Marcha Anual del Orgullo para la Igualdad, y una conferencia de familias LGBT (titulada “Nuestras familias aquí y ahora”)

BRASIL: Para el IDAHO de este año, Tudo Vai Melhorar Brasil  será co-anfitrión de “De que lado voce samba?,” un evento para resaltar el valor de la cultura y la música brasileña, mientras también se representan los aspectos de la diversidad sexual en la sociedad brasileña. El evento contará con artistas locales, actuaciones musicales, reproducciones de vídeos y exhibiciones de graffiti.

AUSTRIA: Es Wird Besser Osterreich y la Unidad Antidiscriminación para lesbianas, gays, transexuales de la Ciudad de Viena  será el anfitrión de una mesa redonda titulada “Construyendo Puentes para la Juventud LGBT” para IDAHOT. Dan Savage y Terry Miller van a participar en el panel como invitados especiales. Durante su visita al país, también van a participar en una lectura el 19 de mayo y un espacio de prensa – “Café de Derechos Humanos ” – el 20 de mayo.

AUSTRALIA: It Gets Better Australia llevara a cabo It Gets Better LIVE, un evento de multiples actividades encabezado por el grupo populares de chicas, GRL, el 3 de mayo. Ellos estarán dando un llamado para IDAHOT durante las actuaciones y esperan subir una versión grabada del evento en YouTube el 17 de mayo.

ESTADOS UNIDOS: Durante la semana del IDAHOT, el proyecto It Gets Better (junto con ‘artivista,’ Daniel Arzola) publicará de una serie de artículos y dibujos online que retratan a las distintas facetas de la identidad gay compartida por los jóvenes LGBT de todo el mundo. Además, el Coordinador del Programa Internacional del Proyecto estará en Moldavia con Egali para hablar en la conferencia de familias LGBT y para participar en el festival del Orgullo anual y marcha en Chisinau.

Siguiendo la tradición, el proyecto también realizará posteos, tweets, y compartirá todos los momentos maravillosos que ocurran IDAHOT este año. Asegúrese de revisar www.itgetsbetter.org/content/idahot para ver todas las actualizaciones increíbles que vienen de nuestros afiliados y amigos de todo el mundo!

Aracaju – Sergipe

El 28 de Abril día a las 5.30PM en la sede de la Unión de Trabajadores de la Educación del Estado de Sergipe (DE SÍNTESIS / SE) líderes LGBT y sus ONG participarán en una reunión la siguiente temática:

Unificación de los actos por el 17 de Mayo en Sergipe
Propuestas del Movimiento LGBT para el Foro de Educación del Estado

Florianopolis – Santa Catarina

El 16 de mayo a las 10am se realizará una Macha contra la Homofobia y el 17 un pic-nic en el Parque de la Luz. La actividad es desarrollada por:
– Coordenadoria da Mulher de Florianópolis
– Prefeitura de Florianópolis
– Grupo Acontece – Arte e Política LGBT
– Roma Núcleo de Diversidade
– ADEH – Associação em Defesa dos Direitos Humanos com Enfoque na Sexualidade
– Instituto Arco-Íris
– Gapa-sc Florianópolis
– Inbradis- Instituto Brasileiro da Diversidade Sexual

Pontal – Sao Pablo

En el municipio de Pontal, Sao Pablo todas las escuelas tendrán eventos durante la semana del 11 hasta el 15 mayo (concurso de ensayos, música, teatro, grafittis, etc.). Actualmente los organizadores están considerando la realización de  una marcha de estudiantes por la ciudad de Pontal con camiones con música y gritos contra la homofobia. El Departamento de Educación está promoviendo un programa similar en escuelas públicas, todo ello con el apoyo de los consejos de la juventud de Pontal – SP.

Victoria – Espírito Santo

Las acciones que se llevarán a cabo por los departamentos municipales de la Ciudadanía y los Derechos Humanos (Semcid), Educación (Seme) y Salud (Semus). El martes 5 de mayo comenzará el curso “Capacitación en Género y Diversidad Sexual” para los profesionales del Departamento Municipal de Servicios Sociales (Semas), en la Escuela de Gobierno de Victoria (EGV), en Bento Ferreira.

Este año el tema global es “Juventud LGBT”. Con el fin de contemplar la población joven del municipio, se celebrará el 13 de mayo a las 7 PM, los círculos de conversación en el Centro de Referencia de la Juventud (CRJ), en la isla de Santa María. El 14 de mayo, a las 7PM, la Casa de la Juventud en San Pedro, ofrecerá talleres sobre el tema.

Ya el 15 de mayo, desde las 9AM, los profesionales de la educación participarán en una ronda de conversaciones con el tema “Juventud y Diversidad Sexual en el contexto de los derechos humanos” en el auditorio de Seme. El mismo día, a partir de 2PM, en el auditorio de la Casa del Ciudadano, será el turno de los servidores de Semas, Semcid y Semus participar en la acción.

Además, durante todo el mes de mayo, los estudiantes del proyecto de Educación para Jóvenes y Adultos (EJA) del sistema escolar municipal recibirán capacitación sobre la diversidad sexual. Se estima que 20 grupos se contemplan.

Adicionalmente el 15 de mayo a las 7PM comenzará “2ª Mostra ES Cineclube Diversidade” en la ciudad de Vitória, Espírito Santo.  Para más información pueden visitar el eventoen Facebook.

Curitiba – Paraná

Curitiba será sede de múltiples eventos que detallamos a continuación:

Maringa- Paraná

La organización AMLGBT (Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transgénero Maringaense) dio a conocer el calendario de la cuarta semana Maringaense de Lucha contra la LGBTfobia.

Vea el calendario completo:

11 de mayo – 19:30 en el Auditorio Sinteemar Visibilidad Trans
12 de mayo – 19:30 en el Auditorio Sinteemar enfoque feminista
13 de mayo – 19:30 en el Auditorio Sinteemar LGBT Salud
14 de mayo – 19:30 en el Auditorio Sinteemar Escuela Sin LGBTfobia
15 de mayo – 19:30 en el Auditorio Sinteemar Los padres y familiares de LGBT
16 de mayo – 14h en Brasil avenida frente a la Plaza Raposo Tavares Bandeiraço LGBT
17 de mayo – 14h en la Plaza del Ayuntamiento IV LGBT Desfile de Maringa

Para más detalles pueden visitar el evento en Facebook.

Belo Horizonte – Minas Gerais

En Belo Horizonte, el día 16 de Mayo el Centro de lucha para libre Orientación Sexual Minas Gerais (MG) Violonchelos-cabezas, junto con otros movimientos sociales, realizarán un acto en el bloque cerrado de la calle Río de Janeiro con la Plaza Sete. El evento tendrá lugar el sábado 16 de mayo a partir de las 2PM, con talleres, carteles y discursos de los representantes de los movimientos sociales de Minas Gerais contra la homofobia. A las 4PM se llevará a cabo una caminata  hasta el Soares Square Raúl donde se realizará a las 7PM un acto para finalizar la actividad. La temática del Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, Transfobia y Bifobia de este año es “No ataquen mis derechos: violencia cero”. La propuesta, en Minas Gerais, es hacer frente a los numerosos intentos de violaciónes de los derechos humanos de las personas LGBT, los crímenes cometidos en Brasil y la falta de políticas públicas para la población LGBT y fundamentalmente combatir la homofobia, tanto a nivel municipal, como estatal y federal con la criminalización de homolesbobitransfobia y necesidad urgente por la despatologización de las identidades trans y travestis de la misma manera la homosexualidad.

Para más información pueden visitar el evento en Facebook.

Brasilia – Distrito Federal

Entre el 11 y el 21 de mayo se desarrollará la Exposición fotográfica Trans(ver). La misma tendrá lugar en el hall del edificio de Naciones Unidas ONUSIDA, PNUD y el Escritorio del Coordinador Residente presentan la exposición fotográfica Trans(ver) del fotógrafo Fabio Rebelo. En este proyecto el fotógrafo retrata 20 mujeres trans que provocan dislocamientos en la mirada con las modificaciones en sus cuerpos, vestimentas y postura, revelando otras formas de ser, y mostrando que son personas que también deben ser vistas con respecto y sin discriminación. El lanzamiento fue realizado en el día 11 y está conectado con las campanas Zero Discriminacion y Libres y Iguales.

El 20 y 21 de Mayo ONUSIDA y el Escritorio del Coordinador Residente juntamente con diversas representaciones diplomáticas en Brasil participan y apoyan parlamentares de Brasil en la organización de un seminario de discusiones políticas de enfrentamiento a homofobia, transfobia y bifobia. El mismo se titula “Seminario LGBT en el Congreso Nacional” y se desarrollará en el Congreso Nacional.

]]> http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/17-de-mayo-en-brasil/feed/ 0 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/idahot-report-2014-brazil/ http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/idahot-report-2014-brazil/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:00:11 +0000 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/?p=6618 Brazil

According to final figures released by ABGLT – the Brazilian national umbrella group for LGBT associations – a total of 183 events were held in Brazil around the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in 2014. Actions were held in at least 20 states, and in at least 55 towns and cities. Once again, this makes Brazil (along with the United Kingdom) one of the most significant national mobilisations around May 17.

A full panorama of all actions held is impossible, and this report will continue to be updated in the coming days, to reflect the scale and diversity of this year’s events. Below is a snapshot, divided by state, of just some of the amazing actions which marked the Day this year in Brazil.

A full list of events held in Brazil this year is available for download here (.doc, 46kb, in Portuguese), with thanks to ABGLT, to Toni, and especially to Paulinho for compiling it.

ABGLT’s May 17 media release, comprising a Manifesto and list of Activities is also accessible via this link (.pdf, 600kb, in Portuguese).

Bahia

Actions around May 17 in the North-Eastern state of Bahia, were significantly larger than any other Brazilian state this year. Commemorations around the Day spread into a month of events during the month of May, and were co-ordinated by a state-wide coalition of over a dozen community groups, civil society organisations and state institutions. For the second year running this run of events – the ‘May of Diversity Project’ – was backed by the SJCDH (State Department of Justice, Citizenship and Human Rights).

Activists and officials come together for an open congressional session in Salvador, Bahia. May 19, 2014.

On May 19, in honour of the IDAHOT 2014, the Salvador City Legislature held a packed ceremony and public consultation session on sexual orientation and gender identity in policies to promote human rights. The event addressed the need for a national gender recognition act, as well as the labour rights and public security needs of LGBT communities. The event was proposed by the councilor, Florisvaldo Bittencourt (PT). Read the full Portuguese report here.

In the first week of May, the group Juventude Sem Terra – the youth wing of the country’s Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) – organised a march of 3,000 people, in Salvador (pictured). Young activists at the march, affirmed “I’m gay and I’m landless” and that “homophobia exists in the country and in the city”.

Landless Youth Movement calls for an end to homoohobia during Bahia march. Source: MST

In Salvador’s Pelourinho, the show ‘Soul Transformista’ was shown free of charge in commemoration of the Day, on Saturday the 17th. The popular and critically acclaimed piece explores the world of ‘transformistas’ (drag artists), and the difficulties faced by them in trying to maintain the art form, in a city which doesn’t value it. The show was just one of countless cultural and artist events which marked the Day in Bahia this year.

The ‘Soul Transformista’ show was one of many May 17 events held in Salvador. Source: Genilson Coutinho/Divulgação

Rio de Janeiro

In Rio de Janeiro, ABGLT held its Fifth National Conference in the city of Niterói on May 22-25. A video introducing the event can be found here:

Over 250 people attended the event, representing dozens of organisations from the whole of Brazil. A summary and manifesto from the event – which the organisers called “a historic event in the history of ABGLT” – can be found here (in Portuguese).

To close the event, on the 25th, around 100 participants gathered in Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro city, for a public march and ‘die-in’, to call for the passing of legislation criminalising homophobia.

Die-in and march on Copacabana beach front ends the V National ABGLT Conference. Source: Revista Forum

The exhibition, “Eu te Desafio a me Amar” (I challenge you to love me), by photographer Diana Blok also marked the commemorations in the city, with a special viewing at Amnesty International’s offices. The exhibition – which brings together depictions of LGBT experiences and expressions in contemporary Brazil – was also shown in Brasília. An online catalogue of the exhibition can be found here, and you can find out more about the work of Diana Blok at her website.

Photos from the exhibition “Eu te Desafio a me Amar” by Diana Blok – featured in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília around IDAHOT 2014.

The exhibition in Rio de Janeiro also formed part of a broader set of events embracing film screenings and a roundtable discussion on LGBTI freedom of expression worldwide, on SOGI aspects of international human rights activism, and on the emergence of transmasculine communities, and rights demands, in contemporary Brazil. Speakers included Sonia Corrêa (Sexuality Policy Watch), Claire House (IDAHO Committee), Be Neves (UERJ), and Arjen Uijterlinde (Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Rio de Janeiro). A recording of the debate is available viw twitcasting here.

São Paulo

In São Paulo, where May 17 is officially recognised as State Day in the Fight Against Homophobia (since a law was passed recognising the Day in 2011), various community groups and state departments came together for a day of reflection and cultural events around LGBT rights.

State Secretary of Justice and Defence of Citizenship, Eloisa Arruda, at São Paulo May 17 event. Source: Secretaria de Justiça SP

Co-ordinated by the State Department of Justice and the Defence of Citizenship, the day of events was intended to help promote debate about human dignity, independent of sexual orientation and gender identity. The action was supported by various other actors and institutions including gender and racial equality departments, and the Brazilian Lawyares Association (OAB).

“The date is important to call attention to the need for affirmative policies to confront homophobia and transphobia – discrimination suffered by travestis and transsexuals… The fight against prejudice is a daily struggle, but on this date we get to raise public awareness that we need to have concrete actions which reduce indices of criminality which are still persist against LGBT communities.” – Heloisa Gama Alves, Co-ordinator of Policies of Sexual Diversity in São Paulo.

Minas Gerais

Activists and supporters from the city’s LGBT community came together for a march in the centre of the state capital, Belo Horizonte, on Saturday May 17. Activists called for public policies to guarantee community safety, promote health and education, and a call for laws to promote equal rights. Organisers underscored that on May 10, 2014, two travestis in the Pampulha region of the city were killed in hate motivated attacks. And that, already in 2014, 136 lives have been taken through hate crimes targeting the LGBT community in Brazil – which remains a global “leader” for lethal LGBT hate crimes.

LGBT rights march through the streets of Belo Horizonte on May 17, 2014. Source: Em.com.br

Local activists reported that, aside from the continued growth of the May 17 mobilisations, year on year, a key issue prompting a response on such a scale was the recent controversial appointment of far-right Evangelical pastor Marco Feliciano to the head of Brazil’s Human Rights Commission. His appointment, in March 2013, has been greeted with outrage by LGBT activists and other civil society groups, and May 17 offered the first opportunity to mobilise on a nationwide scale.

Whilst setbacks also continue to characterise the state of play for LGBT rights in contemporary Brazil at the national level, activists also had particular reason to celebrate this year: On May 14, 2013 same sex marriage was fully legalised in the country. Same sex couples may now have their partnerships recognised at local registry offices, rather than (an uncertain path through) through the courts.

Below is, inevitably, a mere snapshot of the total actions in Brazil this year, in general split by state. A full list of 117 events, as of April 17, 2013, can be found (in Portuguese) at: the Fora do Armário blog. Special thanks, for national co-ordination of event reporting, go to Toni Reis and Sergio Viula c/o Brazil’s national articulation group ABGLT (Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas, Bissexuais, Transsexuais, Travestis e pessoas Trans).

Nationwide

The Brazilian League of Lesbians (LBL, Liga Brasileira de Lésbicas), coordinated a nationwide action called ‘Meu Sangue pela Igualdade’ (My Blood for Equality), to protest policies which prohibit LGBT people from donating blood. Joint actions occurred in various states, including Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte and Piauí. For more info please see: www.lblrs.blogspot.com // www.lblsaudelesbica.blogspot.com

Bahia

Various towns and cities. More than 50 organisations joined forces to produce a month of events, across the state, for Bahia’s ‘May of LGBT Diversity’. Highlights included workshops, queer performances, LGBT parades, and the 1st Conference of Lesbian and Bisexual Women of the State of Bahia. The exhibition ‘Out Feliciano’ ran in Salvador, from May 3. Three different towns and cities in the state (Pojuca, Salvador and Vitória da Conquista) held events on May 17, including a special session on combating homophobia, hosted by the Bahian State Congress in Salvador.

Distrito Federal

Brasilia. ABGLT and partners marked IDAHO 2013 with a National March Against Homophobia, to the Brazilian Congress, on May 15, which also connected to the Global Rainbow Flashmob. Hundreds of people attended. ABGLT and partners also organised seminars on the Secular State (May 13) and Laws against Homophobia (May 14). For more information please see www.abglt.com.br

Images from the March on Brasilia – May 14, 2013. The placard (bottom) reads ‘You’re disgusted with seeing a same sex couple kissing. I’m disgusted with people deceiving us’.

Mato Grosso do Sul

Campo Grande. ‘Conference on Sexual Diversity and the Criminalisation of Homo/Trans/Lesbophobia’. (May 23 – 24, 2013) Various academics came together to promote debate on the secular state, human rights, and gender/sexuality theory in the current context of Marco Feliciano’s appointment to the CDHM. The conference was hosted by LEVS/UFMS (Laboratório de Estudos de Violência e Sexualidade). For more info see: http://diversidadesexualufms.blogspot.com.br/

Photos from the conference in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul (May 23 -24). Source.

Minas Gerais

Montes Claros. 10th Homoculture Show and 5th Conference: ‘Sertão Without Homophobia: Constructing Citizenship’. (May 13 – 17, 2013). Highlights included workshops, roundtables, debates, academic presentations, mini-courses, exhibitions, cultural fair and cinema. The show and conference was organised by Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Homocultura (Nehom), State University of Montes Claros. For more info please see: http://www.nehom.unimontes.br

Para

Belem. On May 17th, two groups (Rede Ex Aequo and Grupo Ellos) joined forces to hold a ’free hug’ event where, of course, they gave out free hugs, together with information about what May 17 means. They also received contributions for a photo project – demonstrating people’s opposition to homophobia, transphobia and biphobia – which was presented for IDAHO 2013.

Pernambuco

Recife. May Against Homophobia. The programme in Recife included a press conference + launch event (May 8); Meeting for LGBT families (May 9); Workshop and hip-hop street art in schools event – all with the theme of combating homophobia (May 17); Opening ceremony of the Instituto José Ricardo (May 21).

Rio de Janeiro

Campos dos Goytacazes. Events in the cidade marvilhosa (marvellous city!) included a film showing of the documentary Janaína: A Dama de Ferro” about the first travesti who became a lawyer in Brazil. The filmmaker, Vagner de Almeida, also attended and answered questions about the documentary (May 17, 20:00). Commemorations also included a book launch of Um Buquê Improvisado by Roberto Muniz Dias. Events were hosted at: Casa do Advogado, Praça Barão da Lagoa Dourada.

Rio Grande do Sul

The state saw another collective action in favor of the Secular State. Again, this was linked to the recent wave of protests against the appointment of Marco Feliciano to the head of Brazil’s Human Rights Commission. Various LGBT groups took part including SOMOS, NUANCES, IGUALDADE-RS, LBL, CRIOLOS and LBL and the Fórum Gaúch em Defesa das Liberades Laicas (which brings together more than 50 organisations from various social movements). For more info please see: www.lblrs.blogspot.com // www.lblsaudelesbica.blogspot.com

São Paulo

Santos. The city of Santos, like others in Brazil recognises May 17 as the Municipal Day of Combating Homophobia. OAB, IBDFAM and the City Council of Santos came together for a panel discussion about anti-homophobia laws and the possibility of creating a new government LGBT Commission in the city. There was also a public hearing in the municipal Congress on the ‘Secular State and Sexual Diversity’.

]]> http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/brazil-idaho-report-2013/feed/ 0 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/autorizan-el-matrimonio-igualitario-en-brasil/ http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/es/autorizan-el-matrimonio-igualitario-en-brasil/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:47 +0000 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/?p=1153 La justicia de Brasil determinó que las oficinas públicas que celebran matrimonios no podrán rechazar a parejas homosexuales que deseen casarse, a pesar de que el Congreso no ha aprobado una ley autorizando el matrimonio homosexual en el país.

La decisión fue adoptada por el Consejo Nacional de Justicia (CNJ), una institución pública que vela por la autonomía del Poder Judicial y es presidida por Joaquim Barbosa, presidente también de la Corte Suprema, y publicada en su sitio web.

Hasta ahora, algunas oficinas públicas -subordinadas a la justicia estatal- aceptaban la solicitud de casamiento de parejas homosexuales, y otras las negaban. La justicia de varios estados de Brasil ha aceptado el casamiento homosexual, pero no había hasta el momento una decisión a nivel nacional.

La unión estable de parejas homosexuales fue reconocida hace dos años, en mayo de 2011, por la Corte Suprema de Brasil, que les garantizó los mismos derechos que a las heterosexuales. No obstante, el Congreso brasileño, donde hay una poderosa bancada religiosa que se opone al tema, no ha aprobado el matrimonio homosexual.

La decisión de la Corte Suprema “es vinculante” y debe ser seguida por las instancias inferiores.

En teoría, la decisión adoptada este martes por el CNJ puede ser cuestionada por la Corte Suprema, pero no es probable señalaron algunos analistas quienes dudan ahora sobre la posibilidad de que esta situación sea revertida en lo inmediato desde el congreso.

Brazilian activists also joined the international 2012 IDAHO mobilization against homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools, which was largely focused on having reinstating the “Schools Without Homophobia” program that was shelved by President Dilma Rousseff last year.

In keeping with the education theme, activists in Florianopolis promoted their fourth poster contest focusing on homophobia, lesbophobia and transphobia in schools, using art to address discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in educational institutions. They also conducted training for 30 teachers and school managers on such issues as gender, sexualities and homo/lesbo/transphobia in school life. The training was aimed at giving participants the theoretical tools with which to incorporate gender, sexuality and homo/lesbo/transphobia-related issues into their pedagogical practices.

A photographic exhibition toured Rio de Janeiro throughout May in commemoration IDAHO, taking the messages of 22 mothers of LGBT children to four different regions of the city. The exhibition showed 22 pictures of mothers accompanied by testimonies on the difficulties and joys of having LGBT children.

The “Multiple Sexualities Festival” organized by the Federal University of the State of Bahia included such events as a “Hot Night Out of The Closet” party, plays performed in public open spaces in seven cities of Bahia, the introduction of LGBTI jargon and popular expressions into academic spaces, and an artistic installation inside toilets. Also in Bahia, activists held a discussion on lesbian maternity, and in Salvador and in Dias D’ávila, a stand was set up in the center of town at which information material was distributed on IDAHO, on deconstructing homophobia and on HIV/AIDS and STI prevention.

In Brasilia, activists organized a picnic in the city’s main park and launched a short theater course for LGBT people.

In Bacabal, a week of activities was held, including an open-microphone session in which people were encouraged to speak up against homophobia and transphobia.

In Campo Grande, activists met with managers of penal institutions to discuss security issues, and held a seminar on LGBT and youth.

In Recife, activists organized “Occupy 17″, in which many parts of the city were occupied by LGBT people who engaged in such artistic interventions as graffiti, breakdance demonstrations and hip-hop performances and who distributed leaflets under the slogan “Free love: In Recife it’s legal”.

Medical students from Rio Preto held the First Cocktail Against Homophobia, and many artists, politicians and institutions showed their support for IDAHO via social networks. The hash tags #HomofobiaÉCrime, #BrasilSemHomofobia and #homofobia stayed among the Brazilian trending topics on Twitter throughout May 17, and the no homophobia hash tag was in the top 10 topics.