Brazilian soap opera airs country’s first ever gay sex scene (VIDEO)
A popular Brazilian telenovela has become the first to broadcast a sex scene between two male characters.
Liberdade Liberdade ā which translates as Freedom Freedom ā recently became Brazilās first soap opera in the countryās history to air a gay sex scene.
The show is set in the 18th century and sees characters AndrƩ, played by Caio Blat, and Tolentino, played by Ricardo Pereira, express their feelings for each other after months of tension between the pair.
The actors were to express their pride after the scene was praised by Brazilās LGBT community.
āI am very happy to be representing this story,ā said Blat. āIt adds to the feeling of the show, addressing various forms of prejudice and discrimination.ā
āThis is a mature telenovela,ā he added. āPeople realise these are contemporary issues that are being addressed in a historical context.ā
Pereira went on to discuss the challenges faced by gay men in the time period.
āWhat they have for each other can be seen in the show,ā he says. āA feeling that has been explored within [the confines] of what one could do in society at that time.
āThe love that is there is beautiful and brings forth much what the show is aboutāthe fight against prejudice, intolerance and for equality among all people.ā
He described the passionate scene as āa climax ā that explosion, that feeling. Something intense.ā
āThe sex of that time had a force, an emotion. Something almost animalistic.ā
However, not everybody was impressed with the scene.
Members of Brazilās Catholic community claimed that the show āwanted to take the devil into viewersā homes,ā claiming childrenās mind may be ācorruptedā ā despite Liberdade Liberdade airing at 11pm.
A spokesperson from the Catholic church also called the scene āa sexual assault on the Brazilian family.ā
BBCās Eastenders also caused controversy last year ā after airing a gay sex scene in a funeral parlour.
Watch the scene from Liberdade Liberdade below:
