RIO DE JANEIRO, April 17 — For the first time ever, a majority-LGBTQ samba outfit will take part in Rio carnival’s famous street parades, flaunting rather than hiding their sexual identity.
But there is one big difference, Bangay founder Sandra Andrea dos Santos told AFP. The group’s members are “90 per cent LGBTQIA+” — a first for Rio and its annual carnival. But being out in front can be dangerous, too, in a country where 140 transgender people were killed in 2021, according to data from the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals of Brazil.
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