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Greece allows gay men to donate blood (for the first time in 45 years!)
Israel legalizes surrogacy for gay couples
People in Switzerland are now able to legally change their gender without having to undergo surgery first
February:
New Zealand bans conversion therapy
Nonbinary people in Columbia are now entitled to a birth certificate with a "nonbinary" sex marker
Nayarit (Mexico) allows same-sex couples to adopt
Kuwait overrules a law that has been used to criminalize transgender people
Jowelle de Souza makes history as the first openly transgender parliamentarian in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)
March:
Chile legalizes same-sex marriage
France removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
The United States announces an overhaul of TSA protocols to implement gender-neutral screening at checkpoints
Wales (United Kingdom) bans conversion therapy
Kristin Crowley makes history as the first openly gay (and the first female) chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (United States)
Diana Zurco makes history as Argentina’s first openly transgender newscaster
April:
Santa Catarina (Brazil) now allows nonbinary people to change their gender marker without having to file a lawsuit
Jalisco (Mexico) bans conversion therapy
The United States issues the first passport with a nonbinary gender 'X' option
May:
Greece bans conversion therapy
Lithuania allows gay men to donate blood
Croatia allows same-sex couples to adopt
Austria removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
June:
Hidalgo (Mexico) now punishes people offering conversion therapy with up to 3 years in prison
Quebec (Canada) allows people to be classified as a parent (rather than a mother or father) on their child's birth certificate
North Carolina (United States) no longer demands proof of surgery from people who wish to change their gender marker
Spain prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status
Kamala Harris made history by hosting the first Pride Month reception by a sitting vice president at their residence (United States)
July:
Switzerland legalizes same-sex marriage
Antigua and Barbuda legalize "same-sex behavior"
Andorra decides to legalize same-sex marriage (the law will come into effect in 2023)
Slovenia legalizes both same-sex marriage and adoption
Ariana DeBose makes history as the first queer woman of color (and the first Afro-Latina) to win an Oscar for acting (United States)
August:
India expands the definition of family to include "queer relationships"
Chile equalizes the age of consent
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, same-sex activity is no longer illegal.
Vietnam declares that homosexuality is not a disease and bans conversion therapy
Ellia Green makes history as the first Olympian to come out as a trans man (Australia)
September:
In India, the State Medical Councils can now take disciplinary action against doctors who provide conversion therapy
Cuba legalizes both same-sex marriage and adoption
Durango (Mexico) legalize same-sex marriage
Canada removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
Kim Petras and Sam Smith make history as the first openly transgender woman and the first openly nonbinary person to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (United States)
October:
Latvia allows civil unions for same-sex couples
Paraguay bans conversion therapy
Byron Perkins makes history as the first out football player at HBCU (United States)
Duda Salabert and Erika Hilton make history as the first two openly transgender people elected to the National Congress of Brazil
November:
Singapore decriminalizes gay sex
Singapore also lifts censorship of lgbt+ media
Hidalgo becomes the first state in Mexico to recognize nonbinary people
Ireland removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
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Brazil’s October 2 Election Results Evoke Disappointment and Hope
Sunday’s election brought an unexpected show of support for President Jair Bolsonaro but also a number of victories for Black and trans women.
On October 2, Brazilians went to the polls to vote for their next president. Although the race had 11 candidates, the real competition was between rightwing current President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The two candidates represent very different visions for the country, and the stakes of the race were high.
Throughout the day on Sunday, I checked social media regularly. The early votes showed Bolsonaro in the lead and I began to see messages in Portuguese such as “The Northeast, please save us!” and “The Northeast will arrive!” The Northeast is predominantly Afro-Brazilian, and in the 2014 and 2018 presidential elections Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) won in the region. In the 2018 presidential election, Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad largely received support from the North and Northeast while Bolsonaro received support from the South and Southeast. Yet, even the Northeast could not tip this election enough to avoid a second presidential round.
For months, news media showed former president Lula leading in the polls, and days before the election he had pulled ahead by double digits. By the end of September, a Datafolha poll showed that, if blank and null voters were not included, Lula was predicted to receive 50 percent of votes compared to Bolsonaro’s 36 percent. I was doubtful Lula would get the required 50 percent plus one vote to avoid a second round election. However, I did not expect a close race.
While waiting for the election results on Sunday, I was one of three co-hosts on Brazil Unfiltered’s live Twitter panel. Moderating a panel with distinguished Brazilian scholars, journalists, and activists helped calm my nerves. However, I remained anxious. As vote returns rolled in and my 9-year old daughter reported real-time results to me, I was overcome with horror. Although Lula led with 48 percent, Bolsonaro received over 43 percent of the vote.
None of the polls predicted Bolsonaro would receive such a high percentage of votes. My mind started racing for answers. Was the outcome a result of social desirability, a concept social scientists consider in survey research? Survey respondents sometimes give answers they believe are socially desirable rather than their true answers. Did the spread of far-right fake news on social media, like in 2018, sway fearful voters to vote for Bolsonaro? While I think both of these are reasonable questions, another danger is that everyone has grown accustomed to media reports of Bolsonaro and his supporters’ outlandish behavior and no longer consider it dangerous.
But the danger is real: at least two Bolsonaro supporters killed Lula supporters leading up to the election. Yet the greater threat that passed under progressive radars is the quotidian violence of everyday citizens who secretly support a leader who values authoritarianism and holds undemocratic values. The media often portrays Bolsonaro supporters as erratic and aggressive, but these results show that they are extremely organized. Not all of them are in the streets screaming at people or attending rallies. Some are everyday people that support authoritarianism and do so quietly.
While the presidential race will be decided in the second round, there were some successes in the congressional and state elections. Brazil elected an Indigenous woman federal deputy, Sônia Guajajara, as well as two Black trans women, Erika Hilton and RoBeyoncé Lima, to the National Congress. There were other Black women victories as well: Talíria Petrone won her race for federal deputy, and Renata Souza won as a state deputy in Rio de Janeiro. Altogether, the number of Black women representatives in the lower house increased from 13 to 29 for the upcoming term. While they are all to be celebrated, the reality is that the number of Black women politicians remains small; the 29 Black women representatives make up only 5.6 percent of the total number of 513 (Afro-Brazilian women make up 26% of the population).
Sobrinha do 'Tio Paulo', Envolvida em Caso de Empréstimo com Corpo Morto é Agredida por Presas na Cadeia
O caso do ‘Tio Paulo’ ganhou novos contornos neste sábado (20), com o sepultamento do idoso, Paulo Roberto Braga, de 68 anos, que foi usado pela sobrinha, Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, em uma tentativa de conseguir um empréstimo de R$ 17 mil em um banco.
Atualmente detida no Presídio de Benfica, desde que o crime veio à público, Erika enfrenta desafios na prisão, conforme relato de sua advogada,…
'Criou 6 filhos, nunca precisou roubar', diz filho de mulher que levou morto a banco
Reportagem ouviu, com exclusividade, Lucas Nunes dos Santos, filho de Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes, presa após levar um cadáver em uma cadeira de rodas para tentar sacar um empréstimo de R$ 17 mil em uma agência bancária de Bangu, na Zona Oeste do Rio.
Erika foi indiciada por tentativa de furto mediante fraude e por vilipêndio, que é o ato de menosprezar o cadáver de uma pessoa. Segundo Lucas, a…
Do you know that a lady brought her dead uncle to bank to get a loan? Video
A Brazilian woman reportedly wheeled the corpse of an elderly man into a Rio de Janeiro bank on Tuesday, April 16, to try to get him to co-sign on a loan.
The bank customer, identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, was captured on video standing next to the deceased seated in a chair and seemingly holding up his drooping head.
The footage captured Nunes talking to the dead man, whom she…
You may have seen videos or photos.. but yes, a woman did take a dead guy into a bank in order to get a loan..
She tried her best to make it look like he was nodding his head.. even forcing him to take the pen in his cold dead hands and sign her loan--$3,000 bucks. Was it really worth it?
Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes got caught on camera earlier this week in Rio de Janeiro -- where she appeared to have a corpse with her as she attempted to secure some financing ... about a $3,400 loan, per reports.
Employees at the bank weren't convinced ... ultimately ringing the police, who arrested Erika. Authorities confirmed the victim's name was Paulo Roberto Braga ... and he was dead for hours before being wheeled into the bank on Tuesday.
There are tons of jokes about the scene looking like Weekend at Bernie's.. but really. This is exceedingly creepy in comparison to a fiction movie.
Woman Allegedly Brings Dead Man to Bank to Take Out a Loan
By Spooky on April 17th, 2024 Category: News
A 42-year-old Brazilian woman was recently arrested for allegedly bringing a dead man to a bank and trying to obtain a bank loan in his name.
On April 16, Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes arrived at an Itau Unibanco branch in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro to assist 68-year-old Paulo Roberto Braga in obtaining a bank loan of R$17,000 ($3,200). The elderly man was…
Brazilian Woman Hitches Taxi Ride With Dead Uncle Before Hitting Bank
The Brazilian woman arrested for trying to “Weekend at Bernie’s” her uncle’s corpse at a bank apparently brought the body with her in a taxi beforehand … and it’s on video. Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes was caught on surveillance footage not long…
from TMZ.com https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/18/brazilian-woman-taxi-ride-dead-uncle-body-corpse-bank-loan-video/
Brazilian woman brazenly wheels elderly man’s corpse into bank to co-sign a loan for her: ‘Uncle, are you listening?’
New York Post
By Snejana FarberovPublished April 17, 2024, 9:30 a.m. ET
In a mind-boggling scene straight out of “Weekend at Bernie’s,” a Brazilian woman reportedly wheeled the corpse of an elderly man into a Rio de Janeiro bank Tuesday to try to get him to co-sign on a loan.
The bank customer, identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, was captured on video standing next to the deceased seated…
Imagens mostram idoso chegando a agência bancária em cadeira de rodas com a cabeça tombada para o lado
Imagens de câmeras de segurança da entrada da agência bancária em que Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, de 42 anos, levou o idoso para tentar sacar R$ 17 mil da conta, mostram Paulo Roberto Braga, de 68 anos, chegando em uma cadeira de rodas com a cabeça tombada para o lado. O banco fica em um shopping de Bangu, na Zona Oeste do Rio. O caso aconteceu nesta terça-feira (16).
De acordo com a Polícia…
O ano já está acabando e o Estilista Daniel Zarmano fez um balanço de todo seu sucesso profissional de 2023. Após explodir no carnaval deste ano, Daniel viu suas roupas e fantasias ganharem toda notoriedade em beldades do mundo do samba.
A gente trabalha e dá o nosso melhor para ver a felicidade dos nossos clientes. Nem no meu maior sonho eu imaginaria viver isso que estou vivendo. Só tenho a agradecer a cada pessoa que confia no meu trabalho - revela Zarmano.
Nomes como Arícia Silva, Erika Januza, Juliana Souza, Carol Macharethe, Maria Mariá, Shayene Cesário, entre outras rainhas, musas e passistas utilizaram peças do estilista nos eventos que antecedem o carnaval. Recentemente Zarmano viveu a maratona dos mini desfiles do Grupo Especial e Série Ouro, e já se prepara para o ensaio técnico.
Foram musas, rainhas, passistas e até comissão de frente. É muito prazeroso ver um figurino pensado e elaborado por você em uma apresentação. Só tenho a agradecer à minha equipe que vive esse sonho comigo - finaliza Daniel.
Em 2024, o estilista viverá o carnaval em dose tripla. Além de assinar figurinos e fantasias, Daniel desfilará como muso do Império da Tijuca e integrará a ala de passistas da Imperatriz Leopoldinense.
Daniel Zarmano faz balanço do sucesso profissional de 2023 e já vive expectativa do carnaval 2024
O ano já está acabando e o Estilista Daniel Zarmano fez um balanço de todo seu sucesso profissional de 2023. Após explodir no carnaval deste ano, Daniel viu suas roupas e fantasias ganharem toda notoriedade em beldades do mundo do samba.
- A gente trabalha e dá o nosso melhor para ver a felicidade dos nossos clientes. Nem no meu maior sonho eu imaginaria viver isso que estou vivendo. Só tenho a agradecer a cada pessoa que confia no meu trabalho - revela Zarmano.
Nomes como Arícia Silva, Erika Januza, Juliana Souza, Carol Macharethe, Maria Mariá, Shayene Cesário, entre outras rainhas, musas e passistas utilizaram peças do estilista nos eventos que antecedem o carnaval. Recentemente Zarmano viveu a maratona dos mini desfiles do Grupo Especial e Série Ouro, e já se prepara para o ensaio técnico.
- Foram musas, rainhas, passistas e até comissão de frente. É muito prazeroso ver um figurino pensado e elaborado por você em uma apresentação. Só tenho a agradecer à minha equipe que vive esse sonho comigo - finaliza Daniel.
Em 2024, o estilista viverá o carnaval em dose tripla. Além de assinar figurinos e fantasias, Daniel desfilará como muso do Império da Tijuca e integrará a ala de passistas da Imperatriz Leopoldinense.
"Não existe receita de bolo": tratamento para artrite é personalizado e multifatorial
As semanas de Erika de Souza Muniz, técnica judiciária aposentada de 56 anos, são vividas com a ajuda de injeções de medicamentos e canabidiol, o óleo extraído da Cannabis Sativa.
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