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INTERNATIONAL
HOMBRES
WHAT’S
LIFE LIKE for gay Latinos living outside the United States?
We spoke with a couple of guys about themselves and about
the gay life in their respective areas. So from South America
to Europe, here are our first two International Hombres
mini-interviews.
A
BRAZILIAN PAPI
Meet
Roberto, A Gay Latino Guy in Brazil.
 Our
first stop on our international trip is with Roberto, a
39-year-old from São Paulo, Brazil. Currently, Roberto
works at a bank, but his long-term goal lies in the education
field as he wants to teach Brazilian and Portuguese literature
in a university.
The
first thing we want to find out from Roberto is what life
is like for gays in Brazil. He explains, “Well, nowadays,
gays in Brazil have a good approval on part of many heterosexual
Brazilians, mainly in Big cities like São Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Recife. The gay parade in São
Paulo last year was a show! We had more than 700,000 people
walking together, and lots of them were heterosexual who
support gays. There are a great numbers of gay groups around
the country that defend our rights. In some cities, laws
that affirm gays rights were approved last year. TV, movies
and theater have considered the homosexual thematic, making
heterosexual people know more about us and be less discriminatory.
So
where are the popular gay hangouts in Brazil. Robert lists
many. He says, “In big cities there are many gay clubs
to go to. I don’t know all of them, but I can quote
some of them in my city, São Paulo. We have discos
like Nostro mundo, Freedom, Danger, Tunel do Tempo, Salvation,
ABC, So Go, Blue Space, and many more. With regards to bars,
we have Habbeas Coppus, Caneca de Prata, Café Vermound,
Queen, Pride and more. With regards to gay movies we have
Art Palacio, Zen, República, Arte Palácio,
Cairo, Las Vegas, Plaza and others.
When
asked for a final message to his American gay Latino hermanos,
Roberto says, “I’d say to the gay Latinos in United
States that I like very much living in my country and I’m
happy to be a gay here.”
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