The Brazilian Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Education Minister Milton Ribeiro in connection with accusations of homophobia, writes Gazeta with reference to the G1 portal.

The prosecutor's office demands a criminal case against the minister - homophobia has been a crime in Brazil since 2019.

Asserting that homosexual adolescents come from dysfunctional families, the defendant discriminates against young people because of their sexual orientation and biasedly disqualifies the families in which they were brought up, stating that they are maladjusted, that is, they are outside justice, outside the legal field, said Deputy Attorney General of the Republic Humberto Jacques de Medeiros.

In September 2020, Ribeiro said that homosexuality is associated with dysfunctional families where children lack attention, and that some teenagers allegedly choose sexual orientation because of the family environment. Also, according to the minister, discussions about gender should not take place at school.

Andressa Pelanda, coordinator of the National Campaign for Education, said that speaking like a representative of the state is a crime, the government cannot mediate such a discriminatory statement.