For Gilberto Barros, gays and lesbians are not normal: “A man is a man. A woman is a woman!”

Presenter Gilberto Barros distilled hatred and prejudice towards social and representative minorities, especially the LGBT community, in an interview with the YouTube channel 'Não Ouvo'. For Barros, who has been away from TV since 2015, gays and lesbians are not normal and criticized what he called an “excuse” to talk about the freedom of others. “Nowadays, with this excuse of freedom, the minority is beating the Brazilian majority, which is a catastrophe,” he said, according to information from the newspaper O Globo. “The post pees on the dog. The banana eats the monkey. We are thinking that it is natural to be a deer or a shoe. Respect for homosexuality must be absolute. Now, don't tell me that I have to think differently, because the freedom I have is of thought and expression. I have great homosexual friends, but they know that I don’t think it’s normal to be homosexual,” he continues. For the presenter, “homophobia has to be combatted”, but reiterates that his position, in stating that homosexuality “is not normal”, does not constitute homophobia. “On the contrary, I am defending homosexuals here,” he said. “My lesbian friends know that I will defend them even underwater! But don't make me think it's normal. Man is man. A woman is a woman”, he concluded. In time: will the reader of the ACapaDid you, who goes by the pseudonym “mineiro”, feel represented by Gilberto Barros’ speech? Judging by your comments, yes. We live in difficult times.