The victim, who was not named, was assaulted in the state's capital city of Florianópolis by three men armed with sharp objects who forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his legs, The Guardian reported, citing the activists. Activists said the assault was evidence of a growing tide of hate crime in the countryĪ 22-year-old gay man in Brazil’s southern Santa Catarina state was gang-raped and tortured last week in what human rights activists described as a 'brutal' and 'barbaric' act of violence amid a growing tide of hate crime in the country.The victim is now recovering, and police said they are investigating the incident.A 22-year-old gay man in Brazil was attacked by three armed men last week.
