Brazil must not become a 'gay tourism paradise', says Bolsonaro
Source: The Guardian
Brazil must not become a 'gay tourism paradise', says Bolsonaro
LGBT campaigners say Brazilian presidents comments risk inciting hatred
Tom Phillips and Anna Jean Kaiser in São Paulo
Fri 26 Apr 2019 00.07 BST Last modified on Fri 26 Apr 2019 00.50 BST
Brazils far-right president, the self-declared homophobe Jair Bolsonaro, has been accused of inciting hatred towards LGBT people after declaring the South American country should not become a gay tourism paradise.
If you want to come here and have sex with a woman, go for your life, Bolsonaro reportedly told journalists in the capital, Brasília. But we cant let this place become known as a gay tourism paradise. Brazil cant be a country of the gay world, of gay tourism. We have families, Bolsonaro added, according to the Brazilian magazine Exame.
The comments made during a breakfast meeting with Brazilian reporters sparked an immediate reaction from LGBT campaigners.
This is not a head of state this is a national disgrace, said David Miranda, a leftist congressman and LGBT activist. Miranda said the presidents remarks simultaneously endangered members of Brazils LGBT community by putting a target on their backs and promoted the sexual exploitation of Brazilian women.
He is staining the image of our country in every imaginable way, Miranda said.
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