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| Region | Brazil |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Oct 4, 1989 |
| Description | The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but it does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. However, since 1989, states have included protections on those characteristics. |
| Sources | https://www.tjdft.jus.br/institucional/imprensa/campanhas-e-produtos/direito-facil/edicao-semanal/lei-do-racismo https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1989/lei-7716-5-janeiro-1989-356354-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html http://ole.uff.br/wp-content/uploads/sites/600/2019/06/CE-sergipe.pdf |
Revision History (6)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Varies since 1989 (until 2019)
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| End Date | Nov 4, 2001 | Oct 4, 1989 |
| Description | The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but it does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. | The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but it does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. However, since 1989, states have included protections on those characteristics. |
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| Sources | https://www.tjdft.jus.br/institucional/imprensa/campanhas-e-produtos/direito-facil/edicao-semanal/lei-do-racismo https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1989/lei-7716-5-janeiro-1989-356354-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html | https://www.tjdft.jus.br/institucional/imprensa/campanhas-e-produtos/direito-facil/edicao-semanal/lei-do-racismo https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1989/lei-7716-5-janeiro-1989-356354-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html http://ole.uff.br/wp-content/uploads/sites/600/2019/06/CE-sergipe.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Removing start date.
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| Start Date | Oct 5, 1988 | (unknown) |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| End Date | Aug 21, 2001 | Nov 4, 2001 |
| Description | Law 7.716/1989 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but does not clearly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. | The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but it does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Oct 5, 1988 |
| End Date | Oct 4, 1988 | Aug 21, 2001 |
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| Start Date | Oct 5, 1988 | (unknown) |
| End Date | Jul 1, 2018 | Oct 4, 1988 |
| Description | Missing housing discrimination protections since 2011. | Law 7.716/1989 criminalizes any form of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, sex, color and age, but does not clearly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://www.tjdft.jus.br/institucional/imprensa/campanhas-e-produtos/direito-facil/edicao-semanal/lei-do-racismo https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1989/lei-7716-5-janeiro-1989-356354-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html | |