Mauro Sousa opens up about homophobia on Instagram

Director Mauro Sousa made a very emotional post about homophobia on his Instagram. The profile is followed by more than 67 thousand followers and the director constantly talks about LGBT issues.

 

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This text may seem like it's about me, but it's not. The case is with me, but the focus is not me. This text is, mainly, a cry for help (or a cry for help) and it doesn't come for nothing. The desire to write it came about because of the dozens of homophobic messages I receive every day because I address the LGBT issue, whether in my personal life or at work. And they are many. Many indeed. There are the indirect prejudiced ones, who disguise themselves as well-intentioned with the speech of “It’s inappropriate” or “It’s not natural”, and there are the very direct ones, wanting me to “get hit with barbed wire”. And what's worse, everyone is intentionally cruel – this normalization of hostility scares the hell out of me. And since they are written directly to me, wishing me harm, I'm lying if I say I don't get hurt alone. My first impulse is to step back and just watch the barbarity unfold as I stand there, perplexed, in my “blindness essay.” But I have an escape, I have my trick: I can write. Not that the intention is to turn my social network into an open diary or a wall of lamentations (quite the opposite), but this is where I will be read and welcomed by you, my followers. Even if virtually, you comfort me and keep me on track. And that's good. But like I said, this text is not about me. This text is about the thousands of LGBTs out there who cannot write, who suffer in silence, who die beaten in the gutter like rats. If I, with all the support I have, am attacked and still shake, imagine the vast majority of people who are helpless and have no one? So, followers, my request is that, in the same way that you help me, you also pay attention to the people around you. In particular, the LGBT people around you. Whether adults or children, they may need a shoulder to lean on. And all of us, more than ever, need to hold hands and not let go. ✏️: in the illustration by my sister @marinatakeda, there are me, her and my brother @maurisousa_, hugged, protected, strengthened, as we have always been and as we should all be. #more love

A publication shared by Mauro Sousa (@maurosousa) on 16 from Oct, 2019 at 2: 48 PDT