Advances and setbacks of the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community – 06/28/2023 – Power

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This Wednesday, June 28th, LGBTQIA+ Pride Day is celebrated. The rights of this portion of the population have been facing both advances and setbacks in the legal and legislative spheres.

Change of name and gender: after the decision of the STF in 2018, the alteration started to be carried out in notary offices; there is no longer a need for a lawsuit, a lawyer or a court decision.

Marriage: ten years ago, the CNJ published a decision allowing registry offices to register same-sex marriages. Since then, the number of such unions has quadrupled.

• The Council’s decision came after the judgment of the STF which, in 2011, declared it illegal to deny civil union between people of the same sex.

“Gay cure”: In 2017, the Federal Court in the Federal District granted an injunction that authorized psychologists to treat LGBTQIA+ people with “sexual reversion” therapies.

Bills: second survey of Sheet in March, Brazil has a new anti-trans bill a day.

Homophobia and Transphobia were, in 2019, framed by the Supreme in the law of crimes of racism.