Brazil: after the black movement, LGBT activists signal also disillusionment with Lula da Silva

According to radical activists for causes such as abortion and gender agenda, the pivot of the discontent is Lula’ da Silvas vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin, seen as a “moderate”.

After members of the black movement complained about the “lack of representation” in the transition team and said they were “disappointed” with Lula da Silva, LGBT and feminist activists showed signs of disillusionment with the PT government, which was elected with agendas linked to movements that receive international funding.

On Wednesday (Nov. 16), the president of the National LGBT Alliance, Toni Reis, said that he would have to talk to conservative members of Congress because of the lack of representation within the new government.

Activists promise to appeal to the STF, composed of Justices who have been sympathetic to their causes.

“Women, blacks, and native peoples will have a ministry […] If we’re not going to have one, let’s have a department in the Ministry of Human Rights with funding,” said Reis to the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

The controversial radical activist Débora Diniz, an advocate of the legalization of intrauterine killing, also showed dissatisfaction with Lula da Silva and asked feminists to “keep up the pressure” in favor of the decriminalization of abortion.

Diniz has previously criticized Bolsonaro for “persecuting pedophiles” and had to retract on social media.

“Lula has already been president for eight years, and the abortion issue was never a priority throughout that period,” Diniz said as he pointed to the Supreme Court (STF) as the best way to try to approve the murder of babies.

According to militants of the extreme left, the pivot of the discontent of the “minorities” is Lula’s vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin.

The former congressman is seen as moderate.