Dear friends –
A 19-year-old woman was beaten and her attackers carved a swastika into her stomach, just because she had a rainbow flag sticker on her backpack.
The gay dating app Grindr is showing safety alerts after a man who set up a date was found dead in his apartment.
A black woman was severely beaten by four men and called awful slurs. Another woman was chased by several men, stabbed, and murdered. The reason? They're both transgender.
A group of football fans chanted in a crowded subway station, "Watch out, all f*****s will be killed!"
All this happened here in Brazil in the past few weeks alone.
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for LGBT+ people in the world. Trans women are expected to live to just 35 years old. One of us is killed for being LGBT+ every 20 hours or so.
We're in the middle of a major Presidential election here and things are getting even worse.
That's why we're launching All Out Brazil. We're lining up campaigns, preparing trainings, and working closely with local partners to fight back against hate in Brazil. But we need your help to get this work off the ground.
I'm Brazilian, a lesbian, and an activist. Most of my friends are LGBT+ people.
But I'm not scared. I'm angry! And I'm going to fight intolerance, hate, and injustice as long as I can.
I promise you this: I will never give up. And I will not rest until we have respect, safety, and equality.

Thanks,
Ana
All Out Campaigner

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