Thursday, November 10, 6 - 8 PM
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave, Room C-204/C-205
Speaker: The Honorable Jean Wyllys,
Representative in Brazil's federal Chamber of Deputies
Presented by: Professor James N. Green, Brown University
www.gc.cuny.edu/arc @ARCCUNY
Jean Wyllys is a Federal Congressman from Rio de Janeiro, represen4ng the Party of Socialism
and Freedom. Born in Alagoinhas, Bahia, he originally became famous as the first openly gay
par4cipant of the reality show Brazilian Big Brother, where he was the fiCh season’s finalist. In
2010, he was elected to Congress. Wyllys was reelected in 2014 with 145,000 votes, the
seventh highest result among 46 Congressional representa4ves elected from the State of Rio de
Janeiro. Wyllys has a history of involvement in movements for social jus4ce in Brazil, first as a
youth ac4vist in the progressive wing of the Brazilian Catholic Church and later as a partner of
the LBGT, Black and Women’s movements in Brazil. As a Federal Congressman, he is one of the
most visible na4onal figures in the fight against homophobia, intolerance and religious
fundamentalism, the discrimina4on against Afro-Brazilian religions, slave labor, the sexual
exploita4on of children and adolescents, and violence against women. In 2015, The Economist
chose him as one of 50 World Diversity Figures. Wyllys is the author of four books. He is also an
Adjunct Professor at UNIRIO, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marke4ng (ESPM) and the
Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA).
His appearance at CUNY is part of a tour of several universi4es in the United States, sponsored
by the Brazil Ini4a4ve at Brown University. He will address the current poli4cal situa4on in
inquire into the future of poli4cs, jus4ce, democracy and human rights in Brazil.

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