Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Brazil may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Brazil, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
In 2004, a statement from the judges in the country said homosexual relationships existed and as such, deserved to be regulated by law. "Technically, this is not going to be called 'gay marriage' by the justice of the peace, but it is the equivalent," Tania Bampi, a spokeswoman for the court administration, said. The ruling gives same-sex couples broad rights in areas like inheritance, child custody, insurance benefits and pensions.[3] In that case is applied the legal analogy, when there is a law for the same fact.[4]
The number of LGBT rights in Brazil have expanded since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985.[5] The gay population in Brazil is more than 20 million people, however the confirmed do not represent neither 5%.[6] According to the Guinness Book, the São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the world's largest Gay Pride celebration, with 4 million people in 2009.[7]
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