Brazil's vocally anti-LGBTQ+ president, Jair Bolsonaro, has a serious challenger for next year's general elections in Eduardo Leite, a former supporter who has since come out as gay — but who says he's no LGBTQ+ "activist." Despite coming out of the closet, however, and even though he says that "the correct direction for the country is toward respect, tolerance, and the quest for equality," Leite has declared that LGBTQ+ equality is "not a cause I lay down for," saying that "not every gay person needs to be an activist," Bloomberg reported. Even so, the head of the National Alliance of LGBTI+, Toni Reis, told Bloomberg that the country's sexual minorities are all in for the 36-year-old candidate: "Independent of ideological questions and all the attacks that he will suffer, we're in the trenches to defend him," Reis said. Leite came out during Pride Week in July, saying in a televised interview, "I'm gay — and I'm a governor who is gay rather than a gay governor," UK newspaper The Guardian reported at the time. "And I'm proud of this," Leite went on to say. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ???️‍? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi / ?: Eduardo Leite / Facebook)

Brazil's vocally anti-LGBTQ+ president, Jair Bolsonaro, has a serious challenger for next year's general elections in Eduardo Leite, a former supporter who has since come out as gay — but who says he's no LGBTQ+ "activist." Despite coming out of the closet, however, and even though he says that "the correct direction for the country is toward respect, tolerance, and the quest for equality," Leite has declared that LGBTQ+ equality is "not a cause I lay down for," saying that "not every gay person needs to be an activist," Bloomberg reported. Even so, the head of the National Alliance of LGBTI+, Toni Reis, told Bloomberg that the country's sexual minorities are all in for the 36-year-old candidate: "Independent of ideological questions and all the attacks that he will suffer, we're in the trenches to defend him," Reis said. Leite came out during Pride Week in July, saying in a televised interview, "I'm gay — and I'm a governor who is gay rather than a gay governor," UK newspaper The Guardian reported at the time. "And I'm proud of this," Leite went on to say. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ???️‍? (?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi / ?: Eduardo Leite / Facebook)