In 2009, in Brazil, have been reported 195 assassinations by homophobia. Of this total, 20 have
been reported in north side of the country. This index leads the discussion about the effects of
homophobia in Belem of Para. Therefore, we tried to identify what institutions watch over the
expected public polices to tackle this kind of violence and what is the understanding by the heads
of these institutions about this phenomenon. The Delegacy of Combat to the Discrimination
Crimes and the Public Defender’s Office through the Human Being Nucleus were the two
researched institutions of Belem. This is an exploratory research in which has been used a
qualitative methodology of data collection: bibliographical examination, observation, and semi structured interviews. We detected with the results that: the discussion about homophobia has
grown and shown to be increasingly present in the society; the law project which aims to combat
homophobia is an important public policy in development. We conclude that the discrimination
and the prejudice against sexual orientation pass trough explicit violent acts and hidden acts, for
instance, to not witness the seen aggression. The homoerotic sexual orientation still being
marginal for escape of the heteronormative standard. In Belem, add to that, there is no space for
the full and free experience of living the sexuality without prejudices, which instigates further
researches into this topic.
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