Rio de Janeiro omission of LGBTI+ crime data prompts NGO protest

Rio de Janeiro Grupo Arco‑Íris LGBTI+ crime data Brazilian Public Security Yearbook Term of Adjustment of Conduct

The Grupo Arco‑Íris de Cidadania LGBTI+ (GAI) sent letters on 28 July to the Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police and to the Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry asking why the 2026 Brazilian Public Security Yearbook contains no data on crimes motivated by homophobia or transphobia, bodily injury, homicide or rape against LGBTQIAPN+ for 2024‑2025. Rio is the only Brazilian state whose tables for those years lack such information. GAI demanded the creation of permanent mechanisms for collecting, consolidating and publishing LGBTI+ violence statistics and suggested a Term of Adjustment of Conduct (TAC) with the authorities. The group noted that Brazil as a whole recorded a 35.6 % rise in cases of racism linked to homophobia or transphobia in 2025, and recalled that the Supreme Federal Court classified anti‑LGBTQ+ discrimination as racism in 2019. Rio’s police pointed to a specialized unit, the Delegacia de Crimes Raciais e Delitos de Intolerância (Decradi), that handles such crimes, while GAI’s president Claudio Nascimento warned that the lack of data makes the violence invisible and hampers policy planning.

Entities: Brazilian Public Security Yearbook 2026 · Claudio Nascimento · Colégio Estadual Professor José Gonçalves de Queiroz · Elidiene Batista · Grupo Arco‑Íris de Cidadania LGBTI+ · Jane Isa Soares · Juliana Timóteo · Laura Brasil · Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro · Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry · Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police · Rio de Janeiro State Police Civil

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[● 2 SOURCES] Organizers emphasized the importance of dialogue spaces for human‑rights education and building an inclusive society. (Closing remarks)
[● 2 SOURCES] The lecture took place at the Teacher Training Center (Centro de Formação de Professores) in Sumé. (Venue information)
[● 2 SOURCES] Municipal Secretary of Social Assistance Elidiene Batista, DMDH chief Juliana Timóteo, councilwoman Jane Isa Soares, and staff, students and teachers from Colégio Estadual Professor José Gonçalves de (Attendees)
[● 2 SOURCES] Participants were invited to ask questions at the end of the lecture. (Event format)
[● 2 SOURCES] The Secretariat of Social Assistance of Paraíba organized a diversity lecture titled “Building a culture of respect, inclusion and human rights” on July 27, 2026 in Sumé. (Organizers)
[● 2 SOURCES] The discussion covered LGBT sexual and gender diversity, related rights and duties, forms of violence faced by the community, and the state's role in public policy to combat discrimination. (Lecture content)
[● 2 SOURCES] Laura Brasil, executive manager of LGBTQIAPN+ rights for the State Secretariat of Women and Human Diversity (SEMDH), was the speaker at the event. (Event program)
[● 9 SOURCES] The Supreme Federal Court classified discrimination against LGBTQI+ as a form of racism in 2019. (Supreme Federal Court)
[● 9 SOURCES] GAI asked the Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry to consider a Term of Adjustment of Conduct (TAC) to ensure data collection and transparency. (Grupo Arco‑Íris)
[● 9 SOURCES] Rio de Janeiro is the only Brazilian state without any LGBTI+ crime data in the 2024‑2025 tables of the Yearbook. (Grupo Arco‑Íris)
[● 9 SOURCES] The Rio de Janeiro Police claim they have a specialized unit, the Delegacia de Crimes Raciais e Delitos de Intolerância (Decradi), for handling such crimes. (Rio de Janeiro Police)
[● 9 SOURCES] The 2026 Brazilian Public Security Yearbook omitted data on racism by homophobia or transphobia, bodily injury, homicide and rape against LGBTQIAPN+ in Rio for 2024 and 2025. (Grupo Arco‑Íris)