Luiz Mott
Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott (* May 6 1946 in the city of São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil), is a researcher and an
His body of work is extensive, most notably is his research about homosexuality during the Catholic Holy Inquisition in Brazil, homosexuality and slavery, lesbianism during colonial 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 from the University of São Paulo/USP during the repressive military regime, obtained a masters degree in
Ethnography from Sorbonne/Paris and a doctorate in
Luiz Mott is the founder of the Grupo Gay da Bahia, one of the main and the oldest gay rights organizations active in the country (see link below). He was the Human Rights Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transvestites/Secretário de Direitos Humanos da Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas e Travestis/ABGLT and member of the National Commition on AIDS of the Ministry of Health/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).
- Luiz Mott protesting against Homophobia in Africa during the II International Conference of Intellectuals of Africa and the Diaspora in Salvador da Bahia. (YOUTUBE video - mostly in Portuguese with some English at the end).
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