National Lesbian Visibility Day
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National Lesbian Visibility Day (Brazilian Portuguese: Dia Nacional da Visibilidade Lésbica) is a date established in Brazil, created by lesbian activists and dedicated to the date of the 1st National Lesbian Seminar (Senale), which took place on August 29, 1996.[1][2]
In a public statement, the Human Rights and Minorities Commission (CDHM) stated that "National Lesbian Visibility Day marks a moment of struggle and resistance. The historical discrimination against LGBT people, often manifested in murders, physical and verbal assaults, has limited access to rights. (...) The absence of incisive policies to combat so-called 'corrective rape,' motivated by the lesbophobic intention to correct the sexuality of lesbians, and the invisibility of lesbian women even when LGBTQIA+ debates are in vogue, are issues that deserve special attention and battles for transformation."[3]