{"id":84493,"date":"2019-04-16T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/victory-american-museum-of-natural-history-cancels-event-with-anti-lgbtq-president-jair-bolsonaro-after-glaad-speaks-out\/"},"modified":"2019-04-16T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:25:36","slug":"victory-american-museum-of-natural-history-cancels-event-with-anti-lgbtq-president-jair-bolsonaro-after-glaad-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/victory-american-museum-of-natural-history-cancels-event-with-anti-lgbtq-president-jair-bolsonaro-after-glaad-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory! American Museum of Natural History Cancels Event with Anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro After GLAAD Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory! American Museum of Natural History Cancels Event with Anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro After GLAAD Speaks Out<\/b><\/p>\n

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GLAAD CEO: \u201c\u2026we hope the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce will follow suit and withdraw their award for an elected leader who is targeting LGBTQ Brazilians for unequal treatment under the law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cNatural History Museum backs out of event honoring Brazilian president after pressure from GLAAD, others\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today hailed the American Museum of Natural History for canceling an\u00a0upcoming event<\/a>\u00a0featuring Brazilian President and notorious anti-LGBTQ activist Jair Bolsonaro. The announcement came just hours after\u00a0GLAAD joined<\/a>\u00a0environmental groups in calling on the Museum to\u00a0revoke their invitation<\/a>\u00a0for the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce\u2019s planned gala that would\u2019ve honored Bolsonaro as its \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d at the Museum. The Museum confirmed they canceled the event with an\u00a0announcement on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American Museum of Natural History has done the right thing by declining to host an event that features the anti-LGBTQ President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cHis extremist voice has no place at one of New York City’s most beloved institutions. At GLAAD, we hope the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce will follow suit and withdraw their award for an elected leader who is targeting LGBTQ Brazilians for unequal treatment under the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brazilian President has a horrific and barbaric anti-LGBTQ record, and since his election last year, President Bolsonaro \u2013 like the Trump Administration \u2013 has\u00a0systematically tried to erase<\/a>\u00a0LGBTQ families from the fabric of Brazil. Just recently, President Bolsonaro even\u00a0praised<\/a>\u00a0the anti-LGBTQ efforts made by President Trump and his administration since taking office in 2017 \u2013 a total of\u00a0103 attacks<\/a>\u00a0on LGBTQ Americans overall.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Anti-LGBTQ History of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n