Prominent gay congressman flees Brazil, citing death threats
Source: Reuters
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JAN 25, 2019
WASHINGTON - A prominent gay congressman in Brazil announced on Thursday that he was leaving his job and fleeing the country because of increased death threats made against him.
Jean Wyllys, the countrys first openly gay congressman, told the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper that he had left Brazil and was going to work in academia, with no plans to return home.
Preserving a life under threat is also a strategy to fight for better days, Wyllys wrote on Twitter with a link to the article.
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Wyllys, who was re-elected to a third term in parliament last October, had received numerous death threats in the past, but according to the report in Folha, these had intensified significantly since the killing last March of Wyllys close friend, Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman.
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Behind the Aegis
(54,060 posts)But, it's OK, it's just a gay person, so who really gives a fuck.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Which is why they must be considered an equal threat to the Jihadists, if not greater.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)from the oval office as possible.
He is the religous right's wet dream.
LuvNewcastle
(16,867 posts)I hope Trump finishes his term. Pence would be even worse, maybe a lot worse.
Initech
(100,146 posts)Although not to point fingers, I think I know where this shit might be coming from *COUGH* Russia *COUGH*. Excuse me.
cgralow
(24 posts)It used to be a free, lively, accepting country.