SAO PAULO, Brazil – Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the world’s largest non-profit dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace equality, today announced details of its 2016 Out & Equal Brazil Forum, which will take place Nov. 17 in São Paulo. Out & Equal Founder and CEO Selisse Berry will deliver the keynote…
Nov. 15, Brazil’s only gay choir celebrated its first anniversary. For the Gay Choir of Curitiba (Coral Gay de Curitiba) this was a huge milestone recognizing a year of creating musical experiences and strengthening their role among the LGBT community. The Gay Choir of Curitiba developed from a modest project into an institution that nowadays…
Mark Ruffalo, the American Actor best known for his roles as Bruce Banner/the Hulk in The Avengers, Terry Prescott in You Can Count On Me and his Academy Award-nominated performance as Paul in The Kids Are Alright, has publicly withdrawn his support of Marina Silva, the Brazilian pro-environmentalist presidential candidate, according to a report on…
In a reversal that has caught even her closest aides off-guard, Marina Silva, the former environmental minister who shot to the top of the polls after entering Brazil’s presidential contest less than three weeks ago, has declared her opposition to same-sex marriage, reports Fox News Latino. “We were surprised with the change,” the heretofore coordinator…
In honor of the World Cup in Brazil and LGBT Pride month, YouTube is celebrating LGBT athletes and allies around the world who have made a fair and inclusive playing field for everyone. #ProudtoPlay will feature LGBT athletes, their supporters, and YouTube Creators throughout Pride month on the YouTube Spotlight Channel. The YouTube official blog stated:…
When Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova stood on the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow and kissed each other on the lips in celebration of their team having won the 4 x 400 m relay Aug. 17, the dissembling began at once. For opponents of Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on LGBT rights,…
Monday, a Brazilian state judge approved what the court described as the nation’s first gay marriage. Sao Paulo state Judge Fernando Henrique Pinto ruled two men could convert their civil union into a full marriage. According to Brazilian Law Blog: Brazil is about to see something that we only heard about from the United States:…
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (CNN) – A group of fans who support Russian soccer giant Zenit St Petersburg has unveiled a manifesto urging the club not to sign black or gay players. The Landscrona group posted the “Selection 12 manifesto” on its website Monday, prompting the club to issue its own statement to CNN emphasizing its…
A Brazilian man, who adopted a child with his male partner two years ago and requested the same four-month legally mandated leave opportunity from his employer at the time, has just been awarded “maternity” leave by Brazil‘s Social Security agency. Brazilian law mandates that companies provide a four-month paid leave from work for a mother…
