The Yduqs Institute promotes, this Monday (26), the Lugar de Fala event, in person and online, in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. Open to the public and free of charge, the event will take place from 9:30 am on the campus of Estácio Tom Jobim University, in Barra da Tijuca, west of Rio de Janeiro. Pre-registration is not required to attend in person. The seminar will also be broadcast live on the university’s YouTube channel. The proposal is to combat prejudice and contribute to raising awareness about the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community in different panels that will address topics such as violence, demonstrations, employability and entrepreneurship, law and public policies. The president of the Yduqs Institute, Cláudia Romano, told Agência Brasil that carrying out actions in favor of deconstructing prejudices is essential to move towards an inclusive representation of the LGBTQIA+ community in Brazilian society, and that the scheduled debates facilitate the promotion of an environment with more equity, inclusion and respect. “We know it’s a long road. For this reason, the Yducs Institute invests in initiatives to accelerate this movement, so that prejudice does not have a leading role in our society”, said Cláudia Romano. Lugar de Fala brings together national voices, scholars, leaders and authorities. “We believe it will have a huge impact and it is always an honor to contribute to this agenda, at the national level,” she said. Equality The Yduqs Diversity consultant, Giowana Cambrone, assessed that the event has a fundamental role in promoting awareness, awareness and promotion of equality. “Our idea is to offer a safe and inclusive space for open discussions on issues involving LGBTQIA+ people based on their experiences and experiences,” she told Agência Brasil. She believes that this platform for sharing experiences can help deconstruct stereotypes, combat prejudice and promote respect, in addition to celebrating diversity. For Giowana Cambrone, society’s awareness necessarily involves open and clear dialogue and the production of information that can highlight the importance of respect, empathy and acceptance. “Obviously, we need to overcome the challenge of overcoming prejudice and reaction in society so that the seeds of information can flourish. You have to understand that you don’t have to be an LGBTQIA+ person to fight LGBTPhobia,” she said. The consultant assured that it is essential that a welcoming environment is built in the family, schools and business environment. This involves accepting diversity, respecting different sexualities, combating bullying and discrimination in different areas, and opening up dialogue. “In the school and business environment, it is very important to know the specificities of LGBTQIA + people, to promote education for diversity and to implement clear policies and recommendations on anti-discrimination practices”, she defended. Giowana said that Brazil is one of the countries that most violate and kill LGBTQIA+ people in the world. “Physical violence is what we see, because it has a materiality of these practices. However, we need to combat the less visible practices of symbolic, verbal violence, which strengthen the perverse logic that it is permissible to practice LGBTphobic jokes, exposing people to embarrassing or humiliating situations. For this, it is necessary to educate for diversity and to bring about a profound cultural change in society”. Study According to a study carried out by the international project Trans Muder Monitoring, which monitors murders of trans people, Brazil recorded 1,741 deaths of trans people from 2008 to September 2022, representing 37.5% of the total of 4,639 deaths worldwide. Latin America and the Caribbean account for 68% of reported cases. According to the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (Antra), Brazil leads the world ranking of violence against transgender people, with 131 murders last year. Holding Lugar de Fala during LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, of the United Nations (UN), which seeks to promote peaceful and inclusive societies, guaranteeing access to justice and responsible institutional constructions. Reflection The coordinator of Sexual Diversity for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Tufvesson, highlighted, to Agência Brasil, that LGBTQIA+ Pride Month was thought to be a reflection on LGBT citizenship worldwide. He lamented that the LGBT community is constantly being erased from the system. “This is something we have to start rethinking. Because we are equal citizens in rights and duties. So this month, we have to remember that we are the only minority that is still kicked out of our homes for who we are. Because all other minorities find welcome at home, like black people and people who suffer religious persecution. We do not!”. He recalled that this prejudice causes people to drop out of school and have their employability impaired. This is a reality that LGBT people constantly deal with, he assured. “It is important that we can speak, so that people know that this is happening in Brazil today”. Carlos Tufvesson said that the prejudice and persecution imposed on LGBTs is increasing the number of suicides of young LGBTs who do not feel like citizens like others, with the right to health, education, for example, which are constitutional rights. According to Tufvesson, the series of events alluding to LGBT Pride Month is important to create reflection on this reality in society. Tufvesson said that the number of physical assaults against LGBT people has increased, surpassing verbal assaults for hate crimes. And he questioned what country do we want and are we building? “Is this a country of violence, of attacking what is different?” he asked. For him, the diversity of opinions is richer than everyone who agrees with each other, because several points of view are debated. “I’m always learning from people who think differently than I do.” “That’s what a place to talk is, it’s for us to talk about what’s going on, open space in the media. This is very important so people really know what’s going on. Nobody needs to be LGBT to fight against LGBTphobia”, he said, echoing Giowana Cambrone. “Just be a citizen. It is not necessary to be black to fight against racism, nor is it necessary to be a woman to fight against sexism”, she exemplified. “We need to break these stereotypes.” Public policies Rio de Janeiro’s Sexual Diversity coordinator lamented that public policies are still needed to support the LGBT community. He said that the coordination is carrying out a project to supplement elementary education for LGBT people who were dropped out of schools due to the bullying they suffered. Today, these people find it difficult to enter the formal job market. “Society is unaware of this reality”, said Carlos Tufvesson. The graduation of the first class, with 30 people, will be next September. In 2024, the intention is to extend the complementation to high school as well. “These people deserve more chances in life,” said Carlos Tufvesson. Another city hall project, Garupa, has eight trans agents, who actively search for trans and heterosexual people to register in the Family Clinic, in social assistance, in all the projects that the government offers to citizens who are unaware of this community. . “They live on the margins of this knowledge”, said Carlos Tufvesson. The name Garupa was given to the project “because we take it in hand and take it”, he explained. The Sexual Diversity coordinator participates in Lugar de Fala, at 3 pm, at a table that will discuss Public Policies for LGBTQIA+ People.
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