Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott (6 May 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil

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), is a researcher and an anthropologist, a historian

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 and one of the most notable gay civil rights activists in Brazil.

His body of work is extensive, most notably is his research about homosexuality

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...

 during the Catholic

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 Holy Inquisition in Brazil, homosexuality and slavery

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, lesbianism during colonial

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 Brazil, etc. Additionally, Luiz Mott has published extensively about homosexuality in modern times, appearing in interviews, commemorations and demonstrations.

Luiz Mott graduated in Social Sciences

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 from the University of São Paulo

University of São Paulo

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 (USP) during the repressive military regime, obtained a masters degree in Ethnography

Ethnography

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 from Sorbonne

University of Paris

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/Paris

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 and a doctorate

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 in Anthropology

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 from the University of Campinas/Unicamp (São Paulo, Brazil). Luiz Mott is professor

Professor

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 emeritus

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 of the Department of Anthropology of the Federal University of Bahia

Universidade Federal da Bahia

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 (UFBA).

Luiz Mott is the founder of the Grupo Gay da Bahia

Grupo Gay da Bahia

The Gay Group of Bahia is the oldest association for the defense of the human rights for homosexuals functioning in Brazil. Founded in 1980 by Luiz Mott, in the city of Salvador, Bahia, the GGB was registered as a non-profit organization in 1983, and was declared a public service organization of...

, one of the main and the oldest gay rights organizations active in the country. He was the Human Rights

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 Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transvestites (Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas e Travestis/ABGLT) and member of the National Commission on AIDS of the Ministry of Health

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(Comissão Nacional de Aids do Ministério da Saúde) and of the National Council Against Discrimination of the Ministry of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Combate à Discriminação do Ministério da Justiça).

External links

• Grupo Gay da Bahia. (Intro page in English/Website is mostly in Portuguese).
• Luiz Mott's Official Website. (In Portuguese).
• Cause of Death: Homophobia. (In English).
• Felipa de Souza Awards. (In English).
• Revolução homossexual: O poder de um mito (In Portuguese).