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Carnaval: LGBT Pride Parade

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the The best LGBTQIA friendly beaches in Brazil. Since some time has passed, I would like to update a few things.

The Carnaval LGBT Pride is a series of affirmative action events for the LGBT+ community that celebrate the pride and culture of LGBTQIA+ people. Demonstrations take place in large cities around the world and, of course, Belo Horizonte could not fail to be one of the stages for this very important fight.

History of the BH LGBT Parade
The LGBT Parade is part of a series of affirmative action events for the LGBT+ community that celebrate the pride and culture of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. People participating in the parade also demonstrate against homo, trans and biphobia, equal rights such as same-sex marriage and laws against discrimination.

It is common for, around the world, the LGBT Parade to take place close to the month of June, in honor of the Stonewall Rebellion, which consisted of a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the community after, on June 28th, 1969, the police of New York had carried out a violent raid on the Stonewall Inn bar. Several protests were held in the nights following the case and activist groups were created. Exactly one year later, in honor of the anniversary of the riot, the first Gay Pride Parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago.

Mount Roraima

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Renata

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Mount Roraima, one of the oldest mountain formations on Earth, a natural border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana in South America. It is also called Roraima Tepui or Cerro Roraima.

This site is about unconventional traveling ideas, a place where people can find unworldly landscapes and a new way of seeing things. And this definitely one of them.

Long before the European conquistadors took over these lands, Mount Roraima was considered a symbol of these regions, an “axis mundi”, an enormous tree within which all the vegetables and fruits of the world grow. This mountain, surrounded by 400 meter (1,300 ft) tall cliffs was a place of mystery, myths and legends for the indigenous people that used to live here centuries ago. The first recorded person to climb this tepuy was Sir Everard im Thurn in 1884.

The top of the tepuy consists of quartzite (hard) and sandstones (softer when weathered), they appear black due to added organic matter (moss, fungi) over millions of years. Erosion on the top has created ponds and pols with crystal clear and crystal rain water, there are some areas with pink sands, which gives it a truly other world landscape feeling.

Oscar Niemeyer’s Museum – Curitiba (PR)

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Renata

For those who doesn’t know him, he was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil’s capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He died in 2012 at the age of 104.

The Museum

The eye

Oscar Niemeyer’s Museum (MON) is located in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná, south of Brazil. It was inaugurated in 2002 with the name Novo Museu or New Museum. With the conclusion of remodeling and the construction of a new annex, it was reinaugurated on July 8, 2003, with the current denomination to honor its famous architect who completed this project at 95 years of age. It is also known as Museu do Olho or Museum of the Eye, due to the design of the building.

Fernando de Noronha

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Renata

Noronha archipelago consists of 21 pristine islands, ragged tips of the mid-Atlantic ridge 172 miles from the coast. Only the main island is inhabited, every nook a masterpiece of blue sea, pale sand and black rock. It was once a prison, then later a military base during the Second World War, and the crumbled remains of forts are sprinkled on its cliff tops. See location here.

The Two Brothers

The island is popular with honeymooners and its proximity to Natal and Recife.

Visitor numbers are restricted and a daily tax imposed, so that the smitten are not tempted to stay permanently. This is why Noronha’s beaches, some of Brazil’s best, still feel wild and desolate. Time dissipates in the foam as you stroll down long, quiet stretches, past rock pools and magnificent volcanic stacks gleaming with sea spray. Most of the time you’ll see no one else but the odd surfer.

The best LGBTQIA friendly beaches in Brazil.

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Renata

Summer has not even arrived and temperatures are throughout Brazil already hiting around 95 degrees. Predictions are that the temperature is maintained over the next six months. With a coastline of 4603 miles washed by the Atlantic, the country has a plethora of beaches for those seeking to refresh from heat; although not all of them have a good acceptance of the gay community. To facilitate ‘the road to perdition‘, we list the five most LGBTQIA friendly beaches of Brazil.

Ipanema – Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro state

Immortalized by Vinicius de Moraes song and Tom Jobim, The Girl from Ipanema, the beach is one of the postcards of the city. Inviting at all times. Whether to enjoy the sea, take a walk or ride the bike path. In 2009, Rio de Janeiro was considered the best LGBTQIA destination in the world. Ipanema beach, especially Posto 9, is where freedom reigns.