AN ATTEMPT FOR THE PROTECTION OF SEXUAL DIVERSITY IN BRAZILIAN LAW

Abstract

This article intends to talk about a democratic initiative of the Brazilian Bar Association to promote human rights and sexual diversity in Brazil.  Brazil is walking up the road to protect LGBTI citizens and to legally recognize same-sex couples.  The country has guaranteed many rights to homosexual couples and their children, but the lack of a specific act to rule these matters is a problem in a country whose legal system is still very dependent to legal acts and positivism.  This work tries to show the state of art of homosexual couples’ rights in Brazil and how the proposal of a new statute to protect the rights of LGBTI people, in all aspects of their daily life could protect them and contribute for a democratic society.