How often were gay people being turned away from shops 10 years ago? Was it really a problem before.
Discussion
It depends a lot on place and time. In some parts of Brazil, especially urban centers, gay and trans people were visible and often tolerated, which gave the country a reputation for being queer-friendly. But starting in the 1980s and 1990s, the rapid expansion of neopentecostal churches shifted the climate in many regions. They converted large numbers of locals and pushed a strong backlash against LGBTQ+ people and Afro-Brazilian religions like Candomblé and Umbanda, often branded as “witchcraft.” In those areas, prejudice became more open and organized, and daily discrimination—like being turned away from shops—grew worse over time.
I see. I think in the west this type of thing was really rare so its just funny to me that people feel like they needed to fix a problem that wasnt there.
The United States faced a similar issue with the rise of Neo-Pentecostal churches in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in certain regions, so it may have been a problem there for some time as well. Europe was not affected by those churches. When I lived there in the 1980s and again in the early 2000s, gay people were generally well accepted everywhere.