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How to Help the Gay Movement in Brazil

You can help the gay movement in Brazil by writing to the following people. E-mail addresses have been provided for your convenience. Please note that our site is not sophisticated enough to be able to track how many letters are generated from our site. Please copy us on your e-mails whenever possible.

- Brazilian Ambassador in Washington D.C.:
Rubens Antonio Barbosa
Brazilian Embassy
3006 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008

For a sample letter in English, click here.

- President of the Legislative Assembly in Brazil:
He is actively opposing the voting on Brazil's Parceria Civil (Civil Partnership) project. You can find a sample letter in English here.
Presidente da Assembléia Legislativa de SC,
Deputado Onofre Agostini
Rua Jorge Luiz Fontes, 310 - CEP: 88.020-900 Florianópolis SC
Fax: (48) 221-2645
Email: onofre@alesc.sc.gov.br

Please copy:
maluf@floripa.com.br, or apvencato@hotmail.com, or anna@cfh.ufsc.br, and please copy us at info@loveseesnoborders.org.

- Congressman Severino Cavalcanti:
Mr. Cavalcanti is the strongest opponent of Brazil's bill No 1.151 that would grant federal recognition of same-sex couples. His rhetoric calls for marriage between a man and a woman only, and places recognition of same-sex relationships in a "special right" category. Unfortunately Mr. Cavalcanti is unable to understand that rights associated with marriage provide a lot of protection to a couple when it comes to issues such as inheritance, taxes, and of course immigration. Please explain to him that his arguments are hurting more people than those he is allegedly protecting. For a sample letter in Portuguese, click here.

His e-mail address is dep.severinocavalcanti@camara.gov.br

- Congressman Philemon Rodrigues:
Let him know that recognition of same-sex relationships is indeed an important issue. According to Mr. Rodrigues, Brazil should not be dealing with social issues because it is a Third World country. Unfortunately Mr. Rodrigues fails to see that one of the largest divides between First and Third World countries are social issues. People in First World countries have more social freedoms and protections that people in Third World countries. One of Brazil's most desired goals is to become a First World country, so please tell Mr. Rodrigues to act as such and approve bill No 1.151. Also let him know that homosexuality is not immoral, not a disease to be cured and that homosexuality does not remove God-given sexual pleasure from women since half of the homosexual population are women who are not interested in having intercourse with men. Arguing that Homosexuality is an offense to women, is total and utter disrespect of women's right to their own sexuality. For a sample letter in Portuguese, click here.

His e-mail address is dep.philemonrodrigues@camara.gov.br

- Congressman Wagner Salustiano:
He voted against voting on bill No 1.151. For a sample letter in English, please click here. For a sample letter in Portuguese, click here.

His e-mail address is dep.wagnersalustiano@camara.gov.br

- Congressman Jorge Wilson:
He voted against voting on bill No 1.151. For a sample letter in English, please click here. For a sample letter in Portuguese, click here.

His e-mail address is dep.jorgewilson@camara.gov.br

- Congressman Silas Câmara:
He argued that it is ani-biblical to allow same-sex partners to be together in the first place. For a sample letter in English, please click here. For a sample letter in Portuguese, click here.

His e-mail address is dep.silascamara@camara.gov.br

- Brazilian Representatives:
Go to the GayLawyers site, a Brazilian association of guess what??? Well, gay lawyers. Their site is primarily in Portuguese, but the petition exists in English as well.