"During these eight years, I faced all this with great dignity. He called working toward the legalization of same-sex marriage in Brazil in 2013 one of the highlights of his political career. But he had captured the national spotlight years earlier, drawing both praise and criticism as the first openly gay participant of the reality TV show Big Brother Brasil, which he won in 2005. Wyllys, a professor who grew up in poverty in the northeastern state of Bahia, became the country's first congressman to campaign on an LGBT-rights platform, The Guardian reports. Jean Wyllys é um deputado que se mostra completamente arrogante quando está cerceado de seguranças e aliados (conforme visto em sua má educação. He said leaving his friends, family and supporters in Brazil was a difficult decision that "involved a lot of pain." "People have no idea what it's like to be the target." "I saw my reputation destroyed by lies, and I, powerless, unable to do anything," he told Folha this week. Last year, Wyllys said his name had been falsely linked with pedophilia, and he released a video that appeared to show doctored photos of his supporters holding up signs with statements that supported the sexual exploitation of children. BRASILIA (Reuters) - Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s second openly gay congressman, said on Thursday he will not serve the new term for which he was re-elected due to death threats and he now plans to. But Bolsonaro later clarified that a tweet reading " Great day!" with a thumbs up emoji was not a reference to Wyllys. Latin America The Bolsonaro Era Begins In Brazilīolsonaro's administration has not responded to Wyllys' departure, but a couple of celebratory tweets posted Thursday by the president and his son Carlos Bolsonaro were interpreted on social media as a comment on Wyllys. Miranda is the partner of Intercept journalist Glenn Greenwald. Wyllys, who was re-elected in October, would have been sworn in for his third term as Rio de Janeiro congressman in February.ĭavid Miranda, a Rio de Janeiro councilman from the leftist Socialism and Liberty Party that Wyllys belonged to, will fill the vacant spot. He declined to reveal where he is currently but said he plans to study, write and work on a doctorate. "For the future of this cause, I need to be alive," Wyllys said in an interview published Thursday. Jean Wyllys, a champion of LGBT rights and a critic of newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro, also told the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that he faced a deluge of false accusations on social media and an increasingly hostile environment for LGBT people in Brazil. Jean Wyllys, pictured here at an April 2018 rally in Rio de Janeiro, reportedly was Brazil's first congressman to campaign on an LGBT-rights platform.Īn openly gay congressman in Brazil says he has received death threats and that he has left the country and given up his third term in office because he fears for his life.
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