Since 2010, same-sex adoption has been officially permitted in the state through a decision by the Supreme Federal Court.[5] Previously, on May 30, 2008, Judge Luana Cláudia de Albuquerque Campos of the Civil Court of the District of Senador Guiomard rendered a favorable decision involving a gay couple adopting a child. The child had already been adopted by one member of the couple at the age of one year. The couple had been living in a stable relationship for eight years.[9]
Discrimination protections
On August 3, 2017, the Governor of Acre, Tião Viana, signed Decree No. 7,311, which establishes the State Council for Combating Discrimination and Promoting the Rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Travestis, and Transsexuals.[10] The council aims to propose public policies for the LGBTQ community in the state.[10]
In 2019, through a decision by the Supreme Federal Court, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity became explicitly illegal, being equated to the crime of racism.[3]
On December 30, 2020, the mayor of Rio Branco, Socorro Neri, enacted Law No. 2389, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the city.[11]
On January 29, 2025, the government of Acre, through the State Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights (SEASDH) and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Acre (MPAC), signed a cooperation agreement aimed at promoting LGBTQ rights.[12] The event also included the launch of the booklet "What you need to know about the rights of the LGBTQIAPN+ population: Name and gender change for Trans and Travesti people" (Brazilian Portuguese: O que você precisa saber sobre os direitos da população LGBTQIAPN+: Mudança de nome e gênero de pessoas Trans e Travestis), which aims to guide transgender people in the state on the process of rectifying their documents.[12][13]
Gender identity and expression
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The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ruled on 1 March 2018, that a transgender person has the right to change their official name and sex without the need of surgery or professional evaluation, just by self-declaration of their psychosocial identity.[2]
In 2025, Ariel Sebastos became the first person in the state to obtain a document marked with the gender "X".[15] Despite the law allows non-binary people to change their documents,[13] it still requires judicial actions.[16]
Censorship
On November 13, 2024, the Rio Branco City Council approved a bill, Bill No. 14/2024, which aimed to prohibit the participation of children and adolescents in LGBTQ pride parades in the city. The bill was proposed by Representative João Marcos Luz, of the Liberal Party, and was approved with 10 votes in favor and 1 vote against.[17][18] The bill was criticized by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, which accused it of perpetuating stereotypes about homosexual people.[18]
The bill was vetoed by the then mayor of Rio Branco, Tião Bocalom, claiming that the bill was unconstitutional.[19][20]
Life conditions
Pride parade
Every year[a] in Rio Branco, the Acre LGBT+ Pride Parade takes place, organized by the Associação de Homossexuais do Acre.[22][23] Singer Preta Gil participated in the 5th edition of the event, on September 20, 2009.[22] The 17th edition of the event took place on December 1st, World AIDS Day.[23]
Statistics
A 2019 survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics showed that 1.3% of people in the state identified as homosexual or bisexual, and 2.8% either did not want to or did not know how to answer what their sexual orientation was.[24][25] The survey was criticized by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Acre for being based on the National Health Survey (PNS), instead of the 2022 Brazilian Census, and for not collecting information on gender identity.[24][26]
Discrimination
Despite laws protecting against discrimination, LGBTQ people may face discrimination in the state.[27][28][29] A survey conducted by the Associação de Homossexuais do Acre showed that between 2007 and 2018, 18 murders of homosexual people were recorded in the state, with 14 of them occurring in the state's capital, Rio Branco.[27] On December 22, 2025, the LGBTQ activist and public prosecutor of Acre Moisés Alencastro was found dead in his apartment in Rio Branco.[30][31][32]
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