CRIMINALIZATION OF LGBTPHOBIA, LEGISLATIVE OMISSION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT – SOME PROVOCATIONS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Criminalizing conducts is an action that involves the analysis of facts in a given historical context and according to predetermined values. It is to bring to the field of Criminal Law a certain act that violates relevant legal assets and that need protection from the State. Few goods are as valuable today for world society – and Brazil is no exception – as security. In other words, security is currently a legal asset of great relevance and that deserves great attention and zeal from the State.