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Queer Coming-of-Age Film ‘Half Brother’ Is Finally Available Outside of Brazil

Eliane Coster’s film Half Brother (Meio Irmão), her 2018 award-winning directorial debut, is finally being released outside Brazil. Like many South American films before it — Hector Babenco’s Pixote and Walter Salles’ Central Station spring to mind — the film portrays the struggles of the impoverished young in the urban wastelands. Forty years[…]

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Why Did Major U.S. Banks Support a ‘Person of the Year’ Award for Brazil’s Homophobic President?

When one of the gigantic U.S. banks tells you it’s an LGBTQ ally, can you really trust them?

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Today in Washington, D.C., Trump and Bolsonaro Bond Over Their Shared Homophobia and Bigotry

It was the first White House visit of the Brazilian leader’s administration, and the two men praised their shared views

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Casa 1, São Paulo’s LGBTQ Homeless Shelter and Cultural Center, Is Sadly Closing Its Doors

A safe place for LGBTQ homeless youth in Downtown São Paulo, Brazil, is officially closing its doors at the end of the year

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