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Brazil Supreme Court Rules Homophobia a Crime

Reuters

   SAO PAULO - The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that homophobia
   should be criminalized under existing legislation until Congress
   creates a specific law for the subject, weighing in on a topic that has
   drawn the ire of President Jair Bolsonaro.

   Eight of 11 justices voted to treat homophobia in the same way as
   racism under Brazilian law, making it a criminal act.

   "Sexual orientation and gender identity are essential to human beings,
   to the self-determination to decide their own life and seek happiness,"
   Justice Gilmar Mendes said, according to the court's Twitter account.

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