In 2000 Sao Paulo and Pernambuco most deadly states in Brazil for 'us' Some 130 known gay, lesbian or transgendered people were murdered in Brazil last year because of their sexuality, according to a new report from Grupo Gay da Bahia . With 28 murders last year, Sao Paulo is the most dangerous state in Brazil for Queers, followed by Pernambuco with 18 murders.
Homosexuals are the most hated social minority in Brazil.
Not even in Muslim or African countries where homosexuality is still a crime, are so many violent deaths recorded as in Brazil. The majority of the victims is comprised of hairdressers, teachers, civil servants and transgender sex workers, as well as engineers, doctors, a Portuguese consul and a priest. Forty-three percent of the victims were shot to death and 28 percent were stabbed to death. Many were tortured. Eighty percent of the transgendered sex workers were murdered in the street while 64 percent of the gay men were killed in their own homes.