Shares on social media claim that by 2024, Brazil will have parking lots specifically dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community. The information is false.
A Facebook post claims that the Brazilian Workers’ Party will create parking spaces targeted at the LGBTQIA+ community by 2024. The information is false.
The rumor quickly spread on the internet and went viral on various social media. The origin is in a screenshot of an alleged news from the Brazilian newspaper g1which belongs to Globe.
“LGBT priority parking spaces will be mandatory by 2024,” reads the title of the alleged Globo article, adding shortly after. the measure will be applied in supermarkets and shopping centers.
By searching the website in question with the word “parking” or with the acronym “LGBT”, it is not possible to find the news mentioned in the posts.
own Globo denied the rumor interested, saying that such information was not published on the website. and that the image that is in the actions is manipulated and fraudulent.
As in Portugal, in Brazil there are parking spaces for pregnant women and people with special needs or reduced mobility, as well as spaces for the elderly.
The Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) confirmed to the Observer that it “is not aware of proposals regarding the institution of mandatory priority parking spaces for the LGBTQIA+ population in supermarkets in Brazil.”
Through a search on a common search engine, with the same words we use on the Globo website, there are no results verifying the publication claim.
Conclusion
Various actions on social media claim that, by 2024, Brazil will have parking spaces for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The origin of the rumor is in a screenshot of an alleged Globo news. The Brazilian newspaper has already denied the publication, stating that it is a manipulated image.
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Source: Observadora
