- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Varies by Region
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"
Justifiability of homosexuality
Question: "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between."
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents
Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America)
Question: "How strongly do you approve or disapprove of same-sex couples having the right to marry?"
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America)
Question: "How strongly do you approve or disapprove of [homosexuals] running for public office?"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in Brazil is legal.
Since 1830
Brazil's 1988 Constitution further strengthened affirmative protections by prohibiting any form of discrimination. Since then courts have since affirmed this additionally applies to sexual orientation.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Brazil is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Brazil is legal, surgery not required.
Since Mar 1, 2018
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Brazil is varies by region.
Since Nov 1, 2021
Recognized
- Rio de Janeiro 2022
- São Paulo 2021
LGBT discrimination in Brazil is illegal.
Since Jun 13, 2019
LGBT housing discrimination in Brazil is varies by region.
Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Paraíba 2003
- São Paulo 2001
- Acre
- Alagoas
- Amapá
- Amazonas
- Bahia
- Ceará
- Espírito Santo
- Goiás
- Maranhão
- Mato Grosso
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais
- Paraná
- Pará
- Pernambuco
- Piauí
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Rondônia
- Roraima
- Santa Catarina
- Sergipe
Sexual orientation only
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Brazil is legal.
Since 2000
Serving openly in military in Brazil is legal.
Since Aug 2005
Conversion therapy in Brazil is banned.
Since 1999
Equal age of consent in Brazil is equal.
Since Dec 7, 1940
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Brazil.
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