Iwebhusayithi yeGayCities yokuhamba ixwayisa izivakashi ze-LGBTQ + ukuthi ziqaphele kakhulu uma ziya eBrazil. Ngokwe-website, kunezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lodlame olubhekiswe kubantu be-LGBTQ + ezweni. Sekube nokubulawa okungaphezu kokukodwa nsuku zonke eBrazil ngenxa yobunikazi bezocansi - abantu abangama-445 babulawa ngo-2017 ngenxa yesimo sabo se-LGBTQ +. Ngonyaka olandelayo, kwabulawa abantu abangaphezu kuka-160 bama-transgender.
Ukubulawa okuphezulu kakhulu komuntu we-LGBTQ + eBrazil kwakunguMarielle Franco, owesifazane ongumkhandlu wedolobha eRio de Janeiro nowayengummeli wamalungelo abantu besifazane abesilisa nabesifazane. UMarielle wadutshulwa washayiswa ngemoto ngo-2018 ngemuva kokunaka ukufa kukaMatheus Melo Castro, umuntu omnyama owadutshulwa ngamaphoyisa endaweni yokuhlola ezokuphepha.
UMongameli waseBrazil, uJair Bolsonaro, wenze okuncane ukubhekana namazinga obudlova obedlulele umphakathi wezwe we-LGBTQ + uhlupheka nsuku zonke. Kunalokho empeleni ubhebhethekisa le nzondo. Ngaphambi kokuthatha izintambo ngoJanuwari, uBolsonaro wamangalela angancamela ukuba nendodana efile kunesitabane engeza ukuthi uzoshaya izithandani zobulili obufanayo uma ezibona ziqabulana. UMongameli uxwayise izwe lakhe ukuthi lenze noma yini edingekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iBrazil ayibi “yipharadesi lezokuvakasha lezitabane.”
IBrazil yizwe elilodwa nje kuphela labantu be-LGBTQ + okufanele bakuqaphele ukuhamba. Futhi khona lapho kukhona iGibhithe, iTanzania. EGibhithe, bangaphezu kuka-57 abantu ababoshwa emkhankasweni wokulwa ne-LGBTQ + ngo-2017. ETanzania, inhloko-dolobha yayo iDar Es Salaam yethula ithimba lokuqapha ngonyaka odlule ukukhomba nokubamba abantu okusolwa ukuthi bangama-LGBTQ +.
