Conselho Nacional de Combate à Discriminação

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The National Council for Combating Discrimination is a federal LGBT council created on December 9, 2010, by the Presidential Decree Nº 7.388 of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and Human Rights Secretary Paulo Vannuchi. The Conselho Nacional de Combate à Discriminação LGBT is located in the Federal District of Brazil, in the city of Brasília.^[1]

The document says the council's purpose is to "formulate and propose guidelines for government actions, at the national level, aimed at combating discrimination and promoting and defending the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals. The body is composed of employees from 15 government ministries and representatives of 15 nongovernmental organizations.

"The creation of the council is something ABGLT has been pressuring for and is a victory for civil society and the Lula government," said Toni Reis, president of the Brazilian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Association. "It shows respect for the deliberations of the 1st National LGBT Conference, held in June 2008, and will be a means of ensuring social watch over the implementation of the 166 actions contained in the National Plan to Promote LGBT Citizenship and Human Rights."^[2]

See also

	LGBT portal
	Brazil portal

• International LGBT Association
• LGBT rights organization
• OutRage! (UK)
• Stonewall (UK)

References

1. ^ National Council LGBT of Brazil (Portuguese)
2. ^ Brazil creates national council to protect LGBTs (English)