Oscar Gay: meet the 2020 winners

The GGB (Grupo Gay da Bahia) announced the winners of the 29th edition of the “Gay Oscar”, awarding the Pink Triangle trophies to personalities and entities that helped the LGBT community to advance, and the Pau de Sebo to our “enemies”, considering events 2019.

The actress Camila Pitanga and the funk singer Ludmilla each received the Pink Triangle – remembering the badge that Nazis placed on gay men in concentration camps – for publicly assuming relationships with other women, while youtuber Felipe Neto won another for buying and distributing more than ten thousand LGBT-themed books at the 2019 Rio Biennale, doing so counterpressure against the mayor of the capital, Marcelo Crivella (PRB), who tried to censor books on the same theme available at the event.

Already Tallow Stick – a symbol of ridicule in Brazilian culture – was awarded to President Jair Bolsonaro for taking a stand against the decision of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) that equates crimes of homophobia with racism and vetoing Banco do Brasil advertising with LGBT representation. The neofascists of Grupo Integralista also received a Pau de Sebo for attacking Porta dos Fundos' headquarters with bombs, after the comedy group released a fictional video in which Jesus Christ is portrayed as gay.

The winners were chosen by activists from different states in the country and by Grupo Dignidade de Curitiba. Discover the complete list below:

Pink Triangle for LGBT friends

1. Federal Supreme Court for recognizing the same-sex stable union, the right to joint adoption and gender identity for trans people and the equation of LGBTphobia with racism.
2. Minister Celso de Mello, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Rapporteur of the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality by Omission nº 26, for his historic vote recognizing LGBTIphobic violence and discrimination as racism.
3. Directorate for the Promotion of LGBT Rights of the Ministry of Human Rights, for the report carefully analyzing the deaths of LGBT+ people in Brazil, forwarded to the International Commission on Human Rights and the Attorney General's Office of the Union.
4. Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the Government of São Paulo, for the notice to finance 15 LGBT parades in the State. 
5. Governor of Acre, Nicolau Júnior, for the resumption of the State Council for Combating Discrimination and Promotion of LGBT Rights, deactivated since 2018.
6. Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio Grande do Sul for the excellent Final Report of the Special Commission for the Analysis of Violence Against the LGBT Population, a great example for other Assemblies.
7. Legislative Chamber of Brasília for authorizing transgender people to use their social name in public competitions.
8. Salvador City Hall for including kisses from gay and lesbian couples in advertising for Show da Virada 2019-2020.
9. District deputy Fabio Felix (Psol, Brasília) for representation against President Bolsonaro for having referred to a journalist as a “terrible homosexual face”.
10. Dr. Deborah Duprat, federal prosecutor for Citizen's Rights, for her crucial role with the Federal Public Ministry in recognizing same-sex stable unions, the right to identity for trans people and equating LGBTIphobia with racism.
11. Institute of Applied Economic Research, for publishing the Atlas of Violence 2019, with data relating to LGBTIphobia in Brazil.
12. Rede Globo, for the positive approach and deconstruction of negative stereotypes of the LGBTI+ segment, particularly in the soap opera Malhação. 
13. LGBT+ Business and Rights Forum for its pioneering role in promoting inclusion and diversity, including LGBTI+ people in the corporate world.
14. Company Atento Brasil, a multinational call center, for selecting LGBTI employees in its inclusion and employability policy. 
15. Actress Camila Pitanga, for having a romance with artisan Beatriz Coelho, making politically correct statements about homosexuality; Funkeira Ludmilla, for publicly admitting her relationship with dancer Brunna Gonçalves; Actor Reynaldo Gianecchini, for assuming homoerotic relationships; Actor Luiz Fernando Guimarães for publicizing his marriage to Adriano Medeiros after 20 years of marriage; Actress Vitória Strada for revealing her romance with actress Marcella Rica. 
16. YouTube influencer Felipe Neto, for purchasing and distributing over 10 books on the LGBTI theme at the Book Biennial, in Rio, in response to the homophobic censorship attempt attempted by Mayor Crivella.
17. Transsexual actress Glamor Garcia, character Britney from the soap opera A Dona do Pedaço, for becoming the first trans to deserve the “Domingão Trophy” from Faustão. 
18. Bradesco, the first Brazilian bank to join the Business and LGBTI+ Rights Forum.
19. UBER application for its financial support for LGBT+ Parades, for its sympathetic employment policy and for removing drivers guilty of homophobia. 
20. Footwear brand Free Love from Recife, for distributing the brand's sandals to homeless LGBT people at Christmas.
21. Actress Laura Cardoso, 91 years old, for declaring: “If I see two men together loving each other, or two women, I think it's normal. Nobody has the right to censor. I've always been like this, without any prejudice. ”
22. Pastor Reuel Albuquerque da Silva, from the Nazareth Baptist Church, Salvador, for blessing the marriage of a gay couple; Maikon Balbino, gospel singer, for declaring “God accepts his LGBT children as they are”. 
23. Journalist Matheus Ribeiro, the first openly homosexual person to present “Jornal Nacional”, from Rede Globo in Goiás.
24. To the Brazilian Football Confederation, Vasco for the anti-homophobia banner, Esporte Clube Bahia for the gay fans' shirt and the Serie A football clubs for the campaign “Worse than harming your team is committing a crime. Homophobic shouting is no joke, much less a fan chant. Homophobic shouting is a crime, inside and outside the stadium. Say no to homophobia. A campaign by Brazilian clubs”; to referee Anderson Daronco for interrupting the game between Vasco and São Paulo due to homophobic shouts. 

Tallow stick for LGBT enemies

1. Neo-fascist Integralist group that attacked the headquarters of the production company Porta dos Fundos, Rio de Janeiro, with Molotov bombs, in retaliation for a video about Gay Jesus.
2. President Jair Bolsonaro, for declaring himself against the STF's decision that equated homophobia with the crime of racism, for vetoing the presence of LGBT people in Banco do Brasil advertising, for opposing gay tourism in Brazil and for saying that a journalist had a “terrible homosexual face”.
3. Governor of São Paulo João Doria (PSDB) for ordering the collection of books mentioning gender identity and aborting the LGBT museum project on Avenida Paulista; Mayor Marcelo Crivella, RJ, for removing the work “Avengers: The Children's Crusade” from the Book Biennial due to the gay heroes' kiss; Mayor of Caxias do Sul, Daniel Guerra, (Republicans), for banning the LGBT Free Parade in the city center; Councilors and Mayor of Blumenau (SC) Mário Hildebrandt, for vetoing and shelving the LGBT Pride Day and Diversity Parade bill; Mayor of Balneário Camboriú, Fabrício Sátiro de Oliveira (PSB/SC), for banning the LGBT parade in the city, being sued by the Public Ministry for impropriety.
4. Deputy Douglas Garcia (PSL, SP) for transphobic statements in the Plenary.
5. Prosecutor Henrique Limongi, from the 13th Prosecutor's Office of the District of Florianópolis, for trying to annul 112 same-sex unions in the last 5 years. 
6. Anvisa, Ministry of Health, for the ban on blood donation by homosexuals.
7. Prof. Eduardo Lobo Botelho Gualazzi, Faculty of Law at USP, for stating that “LGBT couples are an aberration”; Psychologist Rose Fernandes de Souza, from São Bernardo do Campo, SP, for insisting on the use of the term “homosexualism” and having declared to the gay client that she would have “a melancholic end and deserved the gutter”.
8. Father Rodrigo Alves de Oliveira Arruda, Recife, for condemning and leading a petition against the criminalization of homophobia by the STF.
9. Retired Adel Abdo, 89 years old, S.Paulo, for shooting at a homosexual resident, outraged by a gay party in the building, shouting “fagots must die!”.
10. Jornal Gazeta do Povo, Curitiba, for publishing the editorial “How LGBTQ groups are destroying norms and changing education” and other discriminatory articles.
11. Radio presenter Luiz Gama, from Rádio Band News in Goiânia, for homophobic and racist comments against a gay presenter on Jornal Nacional.
12. Shoping Pátio de Maceió, for preventing and arresting a transsexual who was using the women's bathroom.
13. Iberostar Hotel in Praia do Forte, Bahia, for refusing a double bed to gay reporters from Rede Globo.
14. Cervejaria Saint Arnulf, Montes Claros (MG), for declaring itself “against LGBT activism and not afraid of losing customers because of it”.