Variations on a theme without Human Rights in Brazil and recognized gay and lesbian families: Fundamental rights and historical judgment at the Supreme Federal Court in May 2011

Abstract

In this article I discuss how the implementation of Human Rights is based on the applicability of constitutional principles in Brazil, when analyzing some aspects of the decision, considered historical, in the struggle for recognition of LGBT rights in Brazil. Through the study of the process judged at the Supreme Federal Court in May 2011, this article it also aims to analyze the trial that recognized same-sex conjugality, under the light of Human Rights.