Dilma Rousseff in Brazil.) The same month, however, a spokesperson for President Dilma Rousseff announced that she had suspended distribution of sex education videos through the ministries of health and education, saying that "anti-homophobia kits", as they are known, were "inappropriate for children" and did not offer an objective view of homosexuality. Most videos, directed at high school students aged 14–18, portrayed teenagers accepting "transexualidade", as transsexualism is called in Brazil, or bisexuality. The packages included a teacher's guide. Rousseff said that "the government supports education as well the struggle against homophobic practices. However, no government body will be allowed to make
Joice Hasselmann around the country. She is a critic of several politicians, for example, the then governor Beto Richa, the former President Dilma Rousseff, the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as well as Workers' Party. In 2015 and 2016, she participated in several protests against the Dilma government and later participated as a guest of the prosecution session for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, also participated in protests in defense of Operation Lava Jato and in support of the Brazilian Federal Police. In that time, she wrote a book about the Brazilian judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for the Lava Jato