# Toni Reis

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**Antonio Luiz Martins Harrad Reis** (born 20 June 1964), known as **Toni Reis**, is a Brazilian activist and teacher. He is the former president of the [LGBT](/source/LGBT) organisation called [Grupo Dignidade](/source/Grupo_Dignidade), and the former general secretary of the [ABGLT](/source/ABGLT) of which he was a founding president in 1995, and a member of the international council of the [Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation](/source/Hirschfeld_Eddy_Foundation).

He is a teacher and specialist in [human sexuality](/source/Human_sexuality) and [group dynamics](/source/Group_dynamics). He possesses a master's degree of [philosophy](/source/Philosophy) in [ethics](/source/Ethics) and sexuality.

Toni Reis is also the [Latin American](/source/Latin_America) coordinator for [ASICAL](/source/ASICAL) (Association for Integral Health and Citizenship in Latin America and the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean)).

## Work

In 1998 Toni Reis described the situation in his country: "1,600 homosexuals have been murdered in the last ten years, of these 350 transvestites and 61 lesbians."

In 2006 he spoke before the Brazilian parliament,[2] where he stated that 250 homosexuals per year are murdered in Brazil.

In 2007 he addressed the United Nations, in order to receive councillor status for his organization [3]

## Personal

In 2003, Toni Reis obtained a permanent Brazilian residence permit for his life partner, who was born in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), in a landmark court case for Brazil.[4]

## References

1. ["'Papa tem coração', diz gay brasileiro que batizou filhos e ganhou benção do Vaticano \[23/03/2021\]"](https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/bbc/2021/03/23/papa-tem-coracao-diz-gay-brasileiro-que-batizou-filhos-e-ganhou-bencao-do-vaticano.htm) (in Brazilian Portuguese). *noticias.uol.com.br*. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

1. ["Gay.ch"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080309153043/http://www.gay.ch/family/brasilien.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.gay.ch/family/brasilien.html) on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

1. ["ILGA | UN Committee on NGOs postpones decision on the status of ABGLT until January of 2008"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222433/http://www.ilga.org/news_results.asp?FileID=1070). Archived from [the original](http://www.ilga.org/news_results.asp?FileID=1070) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

1. ["CNN.com - Gay union basis for visa in Brazil - Nov. 26, 2003"](https://web.archive.org/web/20031211033159/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/11/26/gay.visa.ap/). *www.cnn.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/11/26/gay.visa.ap/) on 11 December 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

## External links

- [(in German) Toni Reis' fight against bigotry](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023933/http://www.nadir.org/nadir/periodika/jungle_world/_98/51/21b.htm)

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