Religious Conservatism, LGBT Rights and Anti-Discrimination Policy Implementation in Brazil

This project seeks to explore LGBT anti–discrimination law in Brazil. Brazil is one of the most progressive countries in Latin America regarding LGBT rights and freedoms. Despite this, there has been a sharp rise in LGBT violence and murder rates in Brazil. Brazil also has a rapidly growing religiously conservative population, which currently controls a large voting block in the Brazilian Senate. In 2008, a bill attempting to add sexual orientation to the definition of anti–discrimination was introduced to help protect the LGBT community against rising rates of violence. This bill has been pending in the Brazilian senate for the past 7 years. The aim of this research is to analyze the trajectory of the bill, and the factors influencing its stalling in the Senate. By examining this, a better understanding of the politics surrounding religious conservatism and LGBT anti–discrimination law will be provided.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jordi Díez

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Partner:

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

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