BRAZIL. Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia pending adoption of an appropriate Law by the Congress. 
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✅ On 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia pending adoption of an appropriate Law by Congress. 

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has provisionally ruled that homophobia is equivalent to the crime of racism.

✅ „Any prejudice is violence (…). Discrimination is a cause of suffering,“ said Judge Carmen Luzia.

Learn more www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/14/Brazil/Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia.