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Massive Brazil LGBT Pride
Published Jun 5, 2005 11:04 PM
Brazil’s Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans Pride demonstration was massive this
year. Organizers estimate that 2 million lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and trans
people—including some 400,000 who came from around the
world— marched down Avenida Paulista, a main avenue, in the ninth
annual event.
Pride organizers stressed that this was not only a
celebration but a demonstration. Marchers emphatically demanded a stop to
gay bashings and murders. The central demand was passage of a proposed law
legalizing same-sex civil unions, which has been stalled by debate in Congress
for a decade. The Roman Catholic Church— Brazil has the world’s
biggest Catholic population—staunchly opposes the legislation.
One
banner stated the case simply: “We have the same commitments, we want the
same rights.”
—Leslie Feinberg
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