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In 2010, Wyllys was elected federal deputy, representing the ] (PSOL) party, with 13,018 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/eleicoes/exbbb-jean-wyllys-e-eleito-deputado-federal/n1237790770320.html|title=Ex-BBB Jean Wyllys é eleito deputado federal - Eleições - iG|first=Flávia|last=Salme|date=October 4, 2010|website=Último Segundo|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> His election was only possible, considering the low number of votes he had, through the ], a constitutional mechanism that allows candidates who don't have an large number of votes to be elected from the votes of another highly voted candidate of the same party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/noticia/2010/10/confira-puxadores-de-voto-que-ajudaram-eleger-outros-candidatos.html|title=Confira 'puxadores' de voto que ajudaram a eleger outros candidatos|first1=Mariana OliveiraDo|last1=G1|first2=em São|last2=Paulo|date=October 4, 2010|website=Eleições 2010|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> In Wyllys's case, the number of votes of fellow PSOL congressman ], who was one of the most voted in ],{{cn}} helped in his election. Upon occupying a seat in the ], Wyllys brought his ] activism to the scene. He started working on his political platform, which was primarily focused on the fight for ]. In doing so, he ended up confronting prominent Brazilian right-wing figures, such as pastor ], a famous televangelist and national president of the ] Churches, and ], former congressman and currently serving as the 38th ], who became Wyllys's number one opponent in the Brazilian Congress. In Congress, Wyllys proposed controversial pieces of legislation, including the legalization of prostitution, the legalization and government regulation of cannabis production, the inclusion of Arabic and Islam studies in Brazilian school curricula and the government financing of ] and ] for ] teenagers and adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/fichadetramitacao?idProposicao=565315|publisher=Camara.gov.br|accessdate=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref><ref>http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1012829</ref><ref>http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1237297</ref> In 2010, Wyllys was elected federal deputy, representing the ] (PSOL) party, with 13,018 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/eleicoes/exbbb-jean-wyllys-e-eleito-deputado-federal/n1237790770320.html|title=Ex-BBB Jean Wyllys é eleito deputado federal - Eleições - iG|first=Flávia|last=Salme|date=October 4, 2010|website=Último Segundo|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> His election was only possible, considering the low number of votes he had, through the ], a constitutional mechanism that allows candidates who don't have an large number of votes to be elected from the votes of another highly voted candidate of the same party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/noticia/2010/10/confira-puxadores-de-voto-que-ajudaram-eleger-outros-candidatos.html|title=Confira 'puxadores' de voto que ajudaram a eleger outros candidatos|first1=Mariana OliveiraDo|last1=G1|first2=em São|last2=Paulo|date=October 4, 2010|website=Eleições 2010|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> In Wyllys's case, the number of votes of fellow PSOL congressman ], who was one of the most voted in ],{{cn}} helped in his election. Upon occupying a seat in the ], Wyllys brought his ] activism to the scene. He started working on his political platform, which was primarily focused on the fight for ]. In doing so, he ended up confronting prominent Brazilian right-wing figures, such as pastor ], a famous televangelist and national president of the ] Churches, and ], former congressman and currently serving as the 38th ], who became Wyllys's number one opponent in the Brazilian Congress. In Congress, Wyllys proposed controversial pieces of legislation, including the legalization of prostitution, the legalization and government regulation of cannabis production, the inclusion of Arabic and Islam studies in Brazilian school curricula and the government financing of ] and ] for ] teenagers and adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/fichadetramitacao?idProposicao=565315|publisher=Camara.gov.br|accessdate=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref><ref>http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1012829</ref><ref>http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1237297</ref>


Wyllys' advocacy of ] and his very existence as an ] congress member and human rights activist have made him a notorious opponent of conservative political forces in ].{{cn}} Living in a country with a high rate of homophobic crimes, Wyllys began to receive ].{{By whom}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/jean-wyllys-ganha-protecao-policial-ao-sofrer-ameaca-de-morte-8063027.html|title=Jean Wyllys ganha proteção policial ao sofrer ameaça de morte|date=April 9, 2013|website=Extra Online|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> Among other remarks attributed to him, there was one widely circulated which stated that the Bible was "a joke", and Christians and Bible followers were "clowns". In his defense, Wyllis attributed the remarks as false.{{cn}} Nevertheless, people in social networks still shared them, strengthening the ongoing campaign against Wyllys' supposed remarks. To repair his damaged image, he created a section on his official webpage where he refuted all the quotes attributed to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jeanwyllys.com.br/verdadeoumentira/|title=Verdade ou Mentira?|website=jeanwyllys.com.br|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> Although his political image in the public sphere had been tarnished, Wyllys ran for congress once again in 2014 and kept his chair in parliament with more than 144,770 votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eleicoes2014.com.br/jean-wyllys/|title=Jean Wyllys 5005|website=Eleições 2014|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref> being the seventh most voted representative of Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://odia.ig.com.br/index.php?id=/blogs/index.php|title=Blogs|first=O.|last=Dia|date=January 24, 2019|website=Blogs|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> Wyllys' advocacy of ] and his very existence as an ] congress member and human rights activist have made him a notorious opponent of conservative political forces in ].{{cn}} Living in a country with a high rate of homophobic crimes, Wyllys began to receive ].{{By whom}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/jean-wyllys-ganha-protecao-policial-ao-sofrer-ameaca-de-morte-8063027.html|title=Jean Wyllys ganha proteção policial ao sofrer ameaça de morte|date=April 9, 2013|website=Extra Online|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref>


Wyllys worked in the opposition to ]'s government. In 2015, it was announced that Brazilian independent filmmakers were planning to produce a documentary about Wyllys's political career and activism. The documentary was released in 2016 with the title "Entre os Homens de Bem" (Among Virtuous Men). The documentary focuses on the political arena in Brazil and addresses topics such as ], LGBT rights, and features Wyllys and his conservative opponents. In that same year, Wyllys was included in the "Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2015/11/24/top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity/|title=Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity|first=<img src="https://cdn ceoworld biz/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amarendra-bhushan-32x32 jpg" width="22" height="22" alt="Dr Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj" class="avatar avatar-22 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-22 alignnone photo" />Dr Amarendra Bhushan|last=Dhiraj|date=November 24, 2015|publisher=|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> Wyllys worked in opposition to ]'s government. In 2015, it was announced that Brazilian independent filmmakers were planning to produce a documentary about Wyllys's political career and activism. The documentary was released in 2016 with the title "Entre os Homens de Bem" (Among Virtuous Men). The documentary focuses on the political arena in Brazil and addresses topics such as ], LGBT rights, and features Wyllys and his conservative opponents. In that same year, Wyllys was included in the "Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2015/11/24/top-50-global-personalities-with-an-outstanding-commitment-to-diversity/|title=Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity|first=<img src="https://cdn ceoworld biz/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amarendra-bhushan-32x32 jpg" width="22" height="22" alt="Dr Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj" class="avatar avatar-22 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-22 alignnone photo" />Dr Amarendra Bhushan|last=Dhiraj|date=November 24, 2015|publisher=|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref>


Wyllys was re-elected to a third term as deputy in the ]. However, on 24 January 2019, just a few days before the swearing-in of the 56th Congress, Wyllys released a note from overseas stating that he will not assume his position as congressman in February and that he will also not return to Brazil due to alleged death threats. His replacement in the Chamber of Deputies will be ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/01/24/deputado-jean-wyllys-nao-tomara-posse-para-novo-mandato-diz-assessoria.ghtml|title=Jean Wyllys decide não tomar posse para novo mandato em razão de ameaças|website=G1|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/570748-REELEITO-PARA-O-TERCEIRO-MANDATO,-JEAN-WYLLYS-ANUNCIA-DESISTENCIA-DA-VAGA.html|title=Reeleito para o terceiro mandato, Jean Wyllys anuncia desistência da vaga|website=www2.camara.leg.br|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/01/com-medo-de-ameacas-jean-wyllys-do-psol-desiste-de-mandato-e-deixa-o-brasil.shtml|title=Com medo de ameaças, Jean Wyllys, do PSOL, desiste de mandato e deixa o Brasil|date=January 24, 2019|website=Folha de S.Paulo|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref> Wyllys was re-elected to a third term as deputy in the ]. However, on 24 January 2019, just a few days before the swearing-in of the 56th Congress, Wyllys released a note from overseas stating that he will not assume his position as congressman in February and that he will also not return to Brazil due to alleged death threats. His replacement in the Chamber of Deputies will be ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/01/24/deputado-jean-wyllys-nao-tomara-posse-para-novo-mandato-diz-assessoria.ghtml|title=Jean Wyllys decide não tomar posse para novo mandato em razão de ameaças|website=G1|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/570748-REELEITO-PARA-O-TERCEIRO-MANDATO,-JEAN-WYLLYS-ANUNCIA-DESISTENCIA-DA-VAGA.html|title=Reeleito para o terceiro mandato, Jean Wyllys anuncia desistência da vaga|website=www2.camara.leg.br|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/01/com-medo-de-ameacas-jean-wyllys-do-psol-desiste-de-mandato-e-deixa-o-brasil.shtml|title=Com medo de ameaças, Jean Wyllys, do PSOL, desiste de mandato e deixa o Brasil|date=January 24, 2019|website=Folha de S.Paulo|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref>

==Controversies==
Among remarks attributed to Wyllys, there was one widely circulated which he supposedly stated that the Bible was "a joke", and Christians and Bible followers were "clowns". In his defense, Wyllis attributed the remarks as false.{{cn}} Nevertheless, people in social networks still shared them, strengthening the ongoing campaign against Wyllys' supposed remarks. To repair his damaged image, he created a section on his official webpage where he refuted all the quotes attributed to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jeanwyllys.com.br/verdadeoumentira/|title=Verdade ou Mentira?|website=jeanwyllys.com.br|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref> Although his political image in the public sphere had been tarnished, Wyllys ran for congress once again in 2014 and kept his chair in parliament with more than 144,770 votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eleicoes2014.com.br/jean-wyllys/|title=Jean Wyllys 5005|website=Eleições 2014|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}</ref> being the seventh most voted representative of Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://odia.ig.com.br/index.php?id=/blogs/index.php|title=Blogs|first=O.|last=Dia|date=January 24, 2019|website=Blogs|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref>


==Notes== ==Notes==

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Jean Wyllys
Jean Wyllys in 2015
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2011 – 24 January 2019
Succeeded byDavid Miranda
Personal details
Born (1974-03-10) 10 March 1974 (age 50)
Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil
Political partyPSOL
Websitewww.jeanwyllys.com.br

Jean Wyllys (born Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos on 10 March 1974 in Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil) is a Brazilian lecturer, journalist and former politician who gained fame after winning the fifth season of Big Brother Brasil. He was also notable for being Brazil's second openly gay member of parliament. For his work, The Guardian has compared Wyllis to U.S. pro-LGBT politician Harvey Milk.

Life

Wyllys was born in Alagoinhas, in the north-eastern state of Bahia, one of seven children. His mother was a washerwoman and his father a car painter who suffered from alcoholism. Wyllys attended a boarding school which gave him the opportunity to get a better education than the average child in his village. Wyllys later moved to Salvador and completed a degree in Journalism at the Federal University of Bahia. He first rose to fame after becoming the finalist in the Brazilian reality television show, Big Brother Brasil in its fifth season in 2005. He was the first openly gay participant in the show, which caused a lot of controversy amongst viewers and participants alike. Wyllys described his victory as being of "great political relevance I said I was a homosexual and I still won the show in a country that is homophobic."

Political career

In 2010, Wyllys was elected federal deputy, representing the Socialism and Freedom (PSOL) party, with 13,018 votes. His election was only possible, considering the low number of votes he had, through the Hare quota, a constitutional mechanism that allows candidates who don't have an large number of votes to be elected from the votes of another highly voted candidate of the same party. In Wyllys's case, the number of votes of fellow PSOL congressman Chico Alencar, who was one of the most voted in Rio de Janeiro, helped in his election. Upon occupying a seat in the Brazilian Congress, Wyllys brought his LGBT movement activism to the scene. He started working on his political platform, which was primarily focused on the fight for LGBT rights. In doing so, he ended up confronting prominent Brazilian right-wing figures, such as pastor Silas Malafaia, a famous televangelist and national president of the Assembly of God Churches, and Jair Bolsonaro, former congressman and currently serving as the 38th President of Brazil, who became Wyllys's number one opponent in the Brazilian Congress. In Congress, Wyllys proposed controversial pieces of legislation, including the legalization of prostitution, the legalization and government regulation of cannabis production, the inclusion of Arabic and Islam studies in Brazilian school curricula and the government financing of sex reassignment surgeries and hormonal treatment for transgender teenagers and adults.

Wyllys' advocacy of minority rights and his very existence as an openly gay congress member and human rights activist have made him a notorious opponent of conservative political forces in Brazil. Living in a country with a high rate of homophobic crimes, Wyllys began to receive death threats.

Wyllys worked in opposition to Michel Temer's government. In 2015, it was announced that Brazilian independent filmmakers were planning to produce a documentary about Wyllys's political career and activism. The documentary was released in 2016 with the title "Entre os Homens de Bem" (Among Virtuous Men). The documentary focuses on the political arena in Brazil and addresses topics such as gay marriage, LGBT rights, and features Wyllys and his conservative opponents. In that same year, Wyllys was included in the "Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity" list.

Wyllys was re-elected to a third term as deputy in the 2018 election. However, on 24 January 2019, just a few days before the swearing-in of the 56th Congress, Wyllys released a note from overseas stating that he will not assume his position as congressman in February and that he will also not return to Brazil due to alleged death threats. His replacement in the Chamber of Deputies will be David Miranda.

Controversies

Among remarks attributed to Wyllys, there was one widely circulated which he supposedly stated that the Bible was "a joke", and Christians and Bible followers were "clowns". In his defense, Wyllis attributed the remarks as false. Nevertheless, people in social networks still shared them, strengthening the ongoing campaign against Wyllys' supposed remarks. To repair his damaged image, he created a section on his official webpage where he refuted all the quotes attributed to him. Although his political image in the public sphere had been tarnished, Wyllys ran for congress once again in 2014 and kept his chair in parliament with more than 144,770 votes, being the seventh most voted representative of Rio de Janeiro.

Notes

  1. Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒeˈɐ̃ ˈwiljs d͡ʒj ˈmatws ˈsɐ̃tws].
  2. Clodovil Hernandes was the first openly gay elected member of Parliament, but unlike Wyllys, Clodovil was not a gay rights activist, i.e. he was opposed to same-sex marriage.

References

  1. ^ Jean Wyllys, Brazil's first openly gay MP, takes fight to the religious right, Guardian, retrieved 27 January 2012
  2. With about 500 thousand votes, Clodovil is the first gay elected for federal deputy (Portuguese)
  3. Salme, Flávia (October 4, 2010). "Ex-BBB Jean Wyllys é eleito deputado federal - Eleições - iG". Último Segundo. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. G1, Mariana OliveiraDo; Paulo, em São (October 4, 2010). "Confira 'puxadores' de voto que ajudaram a eleger outros candidatos". Eleições 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  7. http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1012829
  8. http://www.camara.gov.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=1237297
  9. "Jean Wyllys ganha proteção policial ao sofrer ameaça de morte". Extra Online. April 9, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  10. Dhiraj, <img src="https://cdn ceoworld biz/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/amarendra-bhushan-32x32 jpg" width="22" height="22" alt="Dr Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj" class="avatar avatar-22 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-22 alignnone photo" />Dr Amarendra Bhushan (November 24, 2015). "Top 50 global personalities with an outstanding commitment to diversity". Retrieved January 24, 2019. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. "Jean Wyllys decide não tomar posse para novo mandato em razão de ameaças". G1. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  12. "Reeleito para o terceiro mandato, Jean Wyllys anuncia desistência da vaga". www2.camara.leg.br. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  13. "Com medo de ameaças, Jean Wyllys, do PSOL, desiste de mandato e deixa o Brasil". Folha de S.Paulo. January 24, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  14. "Verdade ou Mentira?". jeanwyllys.com.br. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  15. "Jean Wyllys 5005". Eleições 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  16. Dia, O. (January 24, 2019). "Blogs". Blogs. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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