The perception of 2018 election’s impact on violence against LGBT people in the states of Bahia, São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Historically, Brazil is a country that does not discuss about LGBT people. Hence, the brazilian state is one of the most difficult places for a LGBT person to live. During the 2018 elections, the country was politicaly diviated and a conservative speech was accentuated. Therefore, this paper aims to observe the perception of violence against the LGBT community during the election period in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. Through the object of the research, we seek to understand if there is a relationship between the presidential winner in each state and the incidence of violence against LGBT people. In the two rounds of the presidential election, Bolsonaro won in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and Haddad won in Bahia. We used a descriptive statistical methodology, based on the research data “Violence against LGBTs + in the electoral and post-electoral contexts provided by the organization Gênero e Número. We will cross-check this data with the voting geography statistics provided by the Supreme Electoral Court. Due to data constraints, we will be able to use only the states cited above. Our results show that it is not possible to accept the hypothesis that the states in which Jair Bolsonaro won the elections are the states where LGBT people were most victimized.