The action is part of the Cidades+LGBT campaign, which aims to increase visibility and support for LGBT+ candidates in municipal elections. Data collection, carried out by a team of 16 organizers in all regions of Brazil, has already mapped almost 400 pre-applications, with the goal of reaching more than 800 after launch.
“In a similar effort carried out in 2022, we found 327 openly LGBT+ candidates. With the current mapping, we hope to identify more than 800 candidates, reinforcing the urgency of producing data on our leaders,” said Gui Mohallem, from the executive board of VoteLGBT.
Gui highlights that the mapping will not only bring visibility to municipal candidacies, but will also produce unprecedented data on LGBT+ political leaders at the local level. “Through this collaboration with ANTRA, we are expanding our ability to access trans candidates, who represent a third of the leaders mapped so far,” he adds.
“The success of candidacies in the capitals differs a little from the daily life of small cities, where the election is literally contested vote by vote. In addition to regional differences that affect the level of acceptance, eligibility conditions also involve financial issues and party support”, points out Bruna Benevides, president of Antra.
Brazil currently has 29 political parties registered with the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The pre-candidacies mapped out so far are distributed among 24 parties. The Southeast region leads with 40.6% of the candidacies, followed by the South (24.4%), Northeast (23.8%), Central-West and North (5.6%).
“In July, political parties will decide who will participate in the 2024 Elections. Even though they are only 1% of the total candidacies in 2022, LGBT+ candidates received 5% of the total votes. On average, LGBT+ applications have a much higher yield than non-LGBT applications. Still, they face major obstacles in the parties to confirm their candidacies and obtain financing for their campaigns. In 2020, parties allocated just 2% of the spending ceiling to LGBT+ candidacies. In 2022, this number increased to 10%, but it is still very low and needs to change”, concludes Gui Mohallem.
By Ezatamentchy
Source: Maxima
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