Luiz Mott
Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott (born 6 May 1946) in
gay rights
activist in Brazil.
Early life
Luiz Mott graduated in
University of Campinas in São Paulo.[1]
Career
Luiz Mott is
Zumbi dos Palmares had been gay.[5]
Alongside his academic work, Mott is also a
gay rights activist and founded the Gay Group of Bahia in 1980.[6][7] It was the first homosexual support group in Bahia and Mott ensured its survival by pressuring the municipal government to fund it. It published records of homophobic attacks, raised awareness of HIV/AIDS and organised a pride parade, workshops, educational events and protests.[4] He also created Centro Baiano Anti-AIDS.[2]
In 1993, he published the first account of the life of Rosa Egipcíaca, a religious mystic and formerly enslaved prostitute, who wrote the book Sagrada Teologia do Amor Divino das Almas Peregrinas, which was the first book to be written by a black woman in Brazil.[8][9][10]
In 1995, he was awarded the Felipa de Souza Award by the
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (now OutRight Action International).[7] Mott commented to the Los Angeles Times in 2015: "Brazil is an extremely contradictory country. On the one hand, we are a pink country, celebrating sexual diversity [..] then, there is another color, the red blood of victims."[6]
References
- ^ "Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott". Ciência e Cultura (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-135-58513-6. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-56023-351-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-137-48984-5. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-139-50313-6. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b Bevins, Vincent (22 March 2015). "Homophobic attacks increase in seemingly gay-friendly Brazil". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b "A Celebration of Courage: Felipa Awardees 1994-1999". OutRight Action International. 1 May 1999. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- S2CID 213802402.
- ^ "Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Henery, Celeste (5 April 2021). "Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women". AAIHS. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
External links
- Grupo Gay da Bahia. (Intro page in English/Website is mostly in Portuguese).
- Revolução homossexual: O poder de um mito Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine (In Portuguese).
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