After Marcelo Crivela ordered copies of 'Avengers: Children's Crusade' banned because of a gay kiss, Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo, put the smooch on its front page.
After the evangelical mayor of Rio de Janeiro ordered the banning of a comic book because it depicted a same-sex kiss, the country's largest newspaper printed the couple's lip lock on its front page.
Last week, mayor Marcelo Crivela demanded that organizers of the Bienial Do Livro book fair wrap all copies of the 2012 trade paperback version ofin opaque black plastic. He then went a step further, ordering the graphic novel be removed from the event altogether., fair organizers refused to comply with the request and, on Thursday, Crivela ordered a raid on the fair—directing agents to seize all copies of the comic because it had"sexual content for minors.
, adding that this week the Bienial Do Livro will offer three panels spotlighting trans and LGBTQA + literature.posted a video explaining his decision to censor the book, which he said was intended to"defend the family."
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