Author: Amanda Victória Souza
For centuries, marriage in Brazil was restricted to heteronormative hegemony based on religious moral values, predominantly Christian, like in other parts of the world. The Brazilian State, which reaffirmed itself secular, in Constitution 1988, after the dictatorship period, had to morally advance centuries to affirm only in 2011 that same-sex couples could marry in Brazil, by virtue of a judicial decision of the Supreme Court of the country. At the time, I was still in high school, and I didn't understand why some people were prevented from loving and being loved, or why they couldn't simply pledge their love to society, like every other couple could. I asked myself: why did the Supreme Court have to intervene to guarantee something so basic to LGBTQIAP+ community? Today, 12 years later, organizing my own wedding with my partner, I have come to understand the issue better and I know that it is good that past generations fought and won this right, so now, we still must fight to really experience it completely. So, the cover photo I took on the day that we celebrate another legal advance necessary in my society, from the Brazilian Supreme Court looking to the central square of the Republic of Brazil.
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