Homophobic and transphobic slurs will be criminalized just like racist slurs in Brazil after the country’s Supreme Court ruled to classify it as a crime.
Thus, those who defame a person’s honor because of their gender or sexual orientation will be prosecuted in the same way as those who discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion or origin. This crime does not allow or prescribe bail.
The decision of the STF, taken during a virtual session, was the appeal filed in the action that ruled against framing homotransphobia as a crime against the law of racism, in 2019. More information: https://t.co /LZbSaPBhrK pic.twitter.com/wt7l1aaY1g
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The Brazilian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites, Transsexuals and Intersexuals (ABGLT) drew attention to the case and the highest court accepted the request. Judge Edson Fachin said the ruling was a “constitutional obligation” to legally protect people from the LGBTQI+ community.
People who insult in a homophobic or transphobic way can face a prison sentence of two to five years.
racist defamation law
One of the first actions taken by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva upon taking office in January 2023 was to pass the Racial Defamation Law, which sent cases of racism to prison terms.
The penalty for racial slander can be doubled when the crime is committed by two or more people and is also applied to cases that take place at football matches, sporting, cultural or religious events. (JO)
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