Malo oyendera ma GayCities ikuchenjeza alendo a LGBTQ + kuti azisamala kwambiri akapita ku Brazil. Malinga ndi tsambalo, mdzikolo muli ziwawa zochuluka kwambiri kwa anthu a LGBTQ +. Pakhala kuphedwa kopitilira kamodzi tsiku lililonse ku Brazil chifukwa chazakugonana - anthu 445 adaphedwa mu 2017 chifukwa cha malingaliro awo a LGBTQ +. Chaka chotsatira, anthu opitilira 160 opitilira muyeso adaphedwa.
Kuphedwa kwapamwamba kwambiri kwa munthu wa LGBTQ + ku Brazil anali Marielle Franco, mayi wapampando wamzinda ku Rio de Janeiro komanso woimira akazi achikazi komanso omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Marielle adawombeledwa poyendetsa galimoto mu 2018 atayang'ana za imfa ya Matheus Melo Castro, munthu wakuda yemwe adawomberedwa ndi apolisi pamalo oyang'anira chitetezo.
Purezidenti wa Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, sanachitepo kanthu kuthana ndi ziwawa zowopsa zomwe gulu la LGBTQ + mdzikolo limavutika tsiku lililonse. M'malo mwake akuyambitsa chidani ichi. Asanatenge udindo mu Januware, Bolsonaro adatero angakonde kukhala ndi mwana wakufa kuposa wamwamuna yemwe amagonana naye kuwonjezera kuti amenya amuna kapena akazi okhaokha akamawawona akupsopsonana. Purezidenti adachenjeza dziko lake kuti lichite zonse zomwe zikuyenera kuchitika kuti Brazil isakhale "paradaiso wokopa alendo".
Brazil ndi dziko loyamba LGBTQ + pomwe anthu akuyenera kukhala ochenjera kuyenda. Komanso komweko kuli Egypt, Tanzania. Ku Egypt, anthu opitilira 57 adamangidwa pakuthana ndi LGBTQ + ku 2017. Ku Tanzania, likulu lake la Dar Es Salaam idakhazikitsa gulu lowunikira chaka chatha kuti lizindikire ndikugwira anthu omwe akuwakayikira kuti ndi LGBTQ +.
