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Not many things happen for the first time in Brazil's Carnival

The Brazilian drag queen has become a pop phenom — and now she's using her platform to demand LGBTQ equality in Brazil and beyond.

One of the world's largest LGBT Pride parades took center stage in Sao Paulo on Sunday with the carnivalesque festivities tinged with unease over Brazil's conservative political climate under President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, a right-wing former military officer who was elected president last year, has a long history of homophobic, racist and chauvinist remarks.

Manaus is a stop in the route of part of the 80,000 Venezuelans looking for asylum or temporary residence in Brazil. And now, it is the first Brazilian city to have an exclusive shelter to the LGBTI+ refugee population.The goal is to help them overcome a double challenge: in other housing situations, the LGBTI+ refugees suffer not only with xenophobia but also with prejudice against their sexual orientation.

In a country rife with anti-LGBTQ violence, queens like Pabllo Vittar and Aretuza Lovi are the face of a movement trying to change the culture.

Vestidas de noiva é um documentário que traça o histórico do casamento homoafetivo no Brasil enquanto acompanha o processo de casamento de Fabia e Gabi . Entre beijos, flores e cetim, as duas apresentam outras histórias de amor homoafetivas, ativistas LGBT e figuras políticas. Vestidas de Noiva celebra as conquistas já alcançadas e aponta o que ainda precisa ser feito para garantir direitos iguais às famílias homoafetivas.

Pride Bank aims to tap into an overlooked market and combat prejudice in Brazil

The directors of the French-Brazilian theater company Dos a Deux, Artur Luanda Ribeiro (R) and Andre Curti (L), say censorship under Bolsonaro is more subtle than during the military dictatorship in the early 1980s

One of new Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's first actions was to remove LGBT rights from a certain ministry. Campaigners are alarmed at what his next anti-LGBT move might be.

Gay Tourism in Brazil is about supporting the LGBTQ community! Meet the Women behind Gataria Photography. Rio's First Gay & Lesbian Wedding Photographers.

In a country where 343 LGBT people were killed in 2016, singer and openly gay drag queen Pabllo Vittar has become a symbol of resistance