Brazil: Bolsonaro reportedly uses homophobic slur to mock masks
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#55GP8)
Top broadsheet says president taunted staffers wearing masks to protect against Covid-19 by claiming they were for fairies'
One day after announcing he had tested positive for coronavirus Jair Bolsonaro has come under fire for allegedly using homophobic language to mock the use of face masks.
The Folha de Sao Paulo, a leading broadsheet, claimed Brazil's far-right leader had baited presidential staff who were using protective masks, claiming such equipment was coisa de viado" (a homophobic slur that roughly translates as for fairies").
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