Gay community in piquete, brazil

Recife is the capital of Pernambuco, in the Northeast of Brazil. We, as Brazilian queer couple, really love traveling to Recife and we hope you get excited to visit it as well after reading this article. Maybe if you think about coming to Brazil you´ll automatically think of Rio de Janeiro, Foz do Iguaçu or São Paulo. You can also include a visit to Porto de Galinhas, Praia dos Carneiros and Ilha de Itamaracá.

Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Brazil is the largest and most populated country in South America and Brazilians are well known to be friendly to foreigners, welcoming them as if they were their friends. Brazil is a paradise for visitors since the country has such a diverse offering.

Published in Open Democracy. Consider the case of Julio Haag, a young school teacher, struck by a stone on his way home from teaching some years ago. His attacker claimed that Julio, who is gay, was looking at him suggestively. Years later, Julio considered running for the city council in Sarapiranga, a small municipality in Rio Grande do Sul.

Clique aqui para Português. For the original article by Jefferson Puff in Portuguese published by BBC Brasil click here. Gays, lesbians and transexuals living in favelas have not benefited from the advances that LGBT people have been seeing across the country. We are still fighting to survive.