Bolsonaro: Brazil must not become 'gay tourism paradise'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48062075 Version 0 of 1. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised for insisting the country shouldn't become a "gay tourism paradise". "If you want to come here and have sex with a woman, go for your life," said Mr Bolsonaro, according to Crusoé magazine. "Brazil can't be a country of the gay world, of gay tourism. We have families," he added. Mr Bolsonaro has already drawn ire for being a self-described "homophobic". He reportedly made his latest comments at a breakfast meeting with reporters in the country's capital Brasília. An immediate backlash has been prompted from Brazil's LGBT community. "This is not a head of state - this is a national disgrace," said David Miranda, a councillor in Rio de Janeiro, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. "He is staining the image of our country in every imaginable way," Mr Miranda added. The Brazilian president, a former army captain, is a deeply divisive figure whose racist, homophobic and misogynistic remarks have angered many. In previous interviews he has said he would rather have a dead son than a homosexual son. Earlier this month, New York's American Museum of Natural History cancelled an event to honour Mr Bolsonaro on its premises. |