LGBT people in Brazil - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

LGBT people in Brazil represent 8.35% of the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ians, or approximately 20,000,000 LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

citizens.

A 2009 survey conducted by University of São Paulo

University of São Paulo

Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...

revealed 7.8% of Brazilian males identified as gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

and 2.6% identified as bisexual, for a total of total of 10.4% of the male population. Lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

s comprised 4.9% of the population and bisexual women comprised 1.4%, for a total of 6.3% of the female population.

The city of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

has the highest percentage of non-heterosexual males, with 19.3% of it population being gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

or bisexual men. The largest percentage of LGBT female population is located in the city of Manaus

Manaus

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

, 10.2% of whose women identify as lesbian

Lesbian

or bisexual. The city of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, the largest Brazilian city, has the largest LGBT

LGBT

population

Population

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.

The sex

Sex

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composition of the LGBT population is distributed as follows: 64% male

Male

Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...

and 36% female

Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

. The composition of declared sexual orientation

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...

of the study population is distributed as follows: 54% said were gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

, 28% said were lesbian

Lesbian

, 17% said were bisexual, 1% did not fit in none of the above. The education

Education

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of the LGBT population is distributed as follows: 57% have higher degree (university or college) complete, 40% have high school

High school

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(school) complete. The composition of housing

House

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condition of the LGBT population is distributed as follows: 52% live with parents or relatives, 22% live with partners

Significant other

Significant other is colloquially used as a gender-blind term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, or sexual orientation, as it is vague enough to avoid offense by using a term that an individual...

, 20% live alone, 6% live with friends.

In 2010 a survey conducted by Ministry of Health of Brazil

Ministry of Health (Brazil)

The Ministry of Health is one of many the Brazilian federal government ministries.Created on July 25, 1953 as the Ministry of Education and Health , today it is effectively divided into three distinct official organs: Health, Education, and Culture.-External links:*...

, revealed that the Brazilian gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

population has more money than heterosexual population. The homosexuals were: A and B classes, 26.9%, C class, 49.9%, D and E classes, 23.2%. The heterosexuals were: A and B classes, 18.2%, C class, 47.8%, D and E classes 34%.

In 2007 a survey conducted by Insearch, revealed that gays of Brazil spend 40% more with items related to leisure

Leisure

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than heterosexuals. 84% traveled to Brazil four times over the past 12 months and 36% went abroad in the last three years. The Brazilian gays also read more, 88% read newspaper

Newspaper

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s, and 94% read magazine

Magazine

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s. 73% have a habit of go to the movies three times a month on average, 46% go to the theater once a month and 57% buy eight book

Book

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s a year. Surpassing the national average.

Approximately 80% of Brazil

Brazil

ian LGBT

LGBT

s are residing in large cities, 50% came from interior. The large cities of Brazil, known as gay-friendly, often contain a number of gay-oriented establishments, such as gay bars and pubs, gay nightclubs, gay bathhouses, gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

restaurants. The most famous gay village of São Paulo is the Frei Caneca Street

Frei Caneca Street

Frei Caneca Street is an important LGBT Street in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, that starts at the Paulista Avenue and ends at Augusta Street...

, and in Rio is the Farme de Amoedo Street.

By proportion

Selected cities to the research:

Rank	City	Percentage of City Population	GLB Population
Rank	City	Percentage of City Population	rank
1	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	14.30%	1
2	Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...	9.35%	2
3	Manaus Manaus Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....	8.35%	3
4	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	8.20%	4
5	Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...	8.05%	5
6	Brasília Brasília Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...	7.95%	6
7	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...	6.85%	7
8	Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...	6.55%	8
9	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...	5.95%	9
10	Cuiabá Cuiabá Under the Koppen climate classification, Cuiaba features a tropical wet and dry climate. Cuiabá is famous for its searing heat, although temperatures in winter can arrive sporadically at 10 degrees, indeed atypical, caused by cold fronts coming from the south, and that may only last one or two...	5.65%	10

By couples

Same-sex relationship

A same-sex relationship is a relationship between two persons of the same sex and can take many forms, from romantic and sexual, to non-romantic close relationships. The term is mainly associated with gay and lesbian people...

s in the same home by Brazilian regions

Regions of Brazil

Brazil is divided into five regions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística . These divisions are composed of states within them.-The five regions:-North Region: *Area: 3,869,637.,9 km²...

, according to the 2010 IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

Census:

Rank	Region	Same-sex Couples	Same-sex Couples
Rank	Region	Same-sex Couples	rank
1	Southeast	32,202	1
2	Northeast	12,196	2
3	South	8,000	3
4	Central-West	4,141	4
5	North	3,429	5

By GDP per capita

Same-sex couples had more GDP per capita (annual) than Opposite-sex couples, according to the 2010 IBGE

IBGE

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...

Census:

GDP per capita (annual)	Opposite-sex Couples	Same-sex Couples
> R$ 3,270 (miserable)	9.2%	3.4%
R$ 3,270 > R$ 6,540 (poor)	18.72%	15.6%
R$ 6,540 > R$ 13,080 (relatively poor)	10.56%	25.14%
R$ 13,080 > R$ 32,700 (lower middle class)	10.56%	20.5%
R$ 32,700 > R$ 65,400 (middle class)	3.41%	9.55%
R$ 65,400 > R$ 130,800 (upper middle class)	1.05%	3.77%
< R$ 130,800 (rich)	0.34%	1.4%

By proportion

By couples

By GDP per capita

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