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.
How often were gay people being turned away from shops 10 years ago? Was it really a problem before.
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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.