Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.

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João Silvério Trevisan

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Aguinaldo Silva

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Celso Curi

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Glauco Mattoso

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Laerte Coutinho

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Luiz Carlos Lacerda

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Winston Leyland

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Ney Matogrosso

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Edy Star

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Peter Fry

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