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| William Santos |
Photos and commentary by Danny Bittencourt:
Leave a comment, share your idea! Fight HomophobiaA few days ago I photographed the Walk Youth Thematic Social Forum, there are many gay and photographed supporters who waved the flag and screaming looking for equality, respect and peace. I photographed one of the boys, happy, jumping and dancing named William Santos was beated in the last five days by a group of homophobes, in Porto Alegre, Brasil.
This fact made me think, first at how ignorant can become a human being who can not understand a reality that is not yours, and it has a name, called etnofobia, includes not only gay but any culture that is not its. And what benefit this "citizen" had to coerce a person who flees from the standards he considers "right".
Ignorance and violence are characteristic of people stupid and limited.
If you express your own homosexuality,you recieve a punch on face. This is the XXI's society.
ReplyDeleteHow can people be so stupid? Why can't they accept them? What have they of different from us? NOTHING. We are all equal regardless of sex,age,country. It's disgusting to judge a person by what/who he loves!!
Unfortunately Brasil is still a country full of homophobics.... The Latin Culture, the Catholicism, the lack of education...A beautiful place, where a lot of good and happy people live, but not as understanding and respectfull as it should be. I hope William has friends and family with him at this difficult moment.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS DISGUSTING! This man can be whatever the fuck he wants, it's no one else's business, and it doesn't concern them or YOU. People are so disgusting nowadays, are society is FUCKED UP! God bless this man<3
ReplyDeleteHave you sent this story to any American or European news websites? maybe a liberal and gay-friendly one like Huffington Post? People outside of Brazil need to learn more what is going on there!
ReplyDeleteWell, when I saw the first photo I thought "oh how much nice is this guy who wants to fight for himself with force of words and smile" while, when I saw in front of my eyes the second one, I thought "shit. This society which sorrounds us is shit. It has not yet understood what are things which deserve to be considered". Need to fight these kind of situation not with violence but in a pacific way and reawaken every person who believes that gay are 'strange'/ 'that they can't live in this world because they're different by the other'. But are we kidding? First of all, my point of view is that every person is different by other. It's also this what for me beautiful is. A world full of different people, different places, different cultures.. a world rich of diversity. For me, those who thinks that what is"different is bad-evil-strange-negative" is fucking wrong. From diversity we could discover new things and all this make all of us less ignorant. Need not only to open up our own eyes, mind... also our heart. If you don't agree about one thing, or simply the fact that one person is gay, well, what can you resolve with violence? Be respectful. Why ruin the life of a stranger? Everyone must be free to live in a quite way respecting the others. It's terrible having to be afraid while you go for a walk with your boyfriend / girlfriend.
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Don't surrender man :)
ReplyDeleteHomophobes SUCK! Its Simply NOT FAIR To Treat People This Way Because They Love Someone! EveryBody Has Their Own Right To Love SomeOne They Want! I'm Straight And All And I Hope People Arround Me NEVER Bring Me Into This Situation To Beat These Type Of Indipendent , Free People..
ReplyDeleteThis people is so stupid!!! It seems like they're still living at the time that people burned up the women thinking they were witches! Homophobies SUCK!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't give up! Never surrender!
society today is really a shit. No one has more freedom.That sucks.THIS IS DISGUSTING! EveryBody Has Their Own Right To Love SomeOne They Want!
ReplyDeleteYou're right : We are all equal regardless of sex,age,country. It's disgusting to judge a person by what/who he loves!!
How dare this young man want equal rights! What a sick society we live in where a young man cannot have the same rights as the person next to him, simply for being born gay. I wish him all the best. This is so very, very sad.
ReplyDeleteI was reading this from some friends tumblr. I can't believe it. How narrow minded can people get.. Its each and every human's right to live equally, there's nothing others can do other than accepting the fact that he choose to be gay and respect it. What's so hard about doing that? Why would you wanna hurt him? poor guy. Seems like no one has freedom, this is pathetic. Homophobies SUCK!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, sweety, I see you have never been to Russia. I live here and I assure you there isn't more cruel country in the whole world including asian countries.
ReplyDeleteThats me. But now, thanks God, im better! just hope that dont happen with other people what happended with... thanks to all of you!
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