Douglas Garcia

Douglas Garcia
Garcia in 2018
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office 15 March 2019 – 15 March 2023
Personal details
Born	Douglas Garcia Bispo dos Santos (1994-01-26) January 26, 1994 (age 31) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	União Brasil (since 2024)

Douglas Garcia Bispo dos Santos (born in São Paulo on January 26, 1994) is a Brazilian former state deputy in São Paulo. He is affiliated with the Republicans. He was elected in 2018.[1] He is anti-communist and an ally of conservative president Jair Bolsonaro.^[citation needed]

In the 2022 election, he obtained just over 24,000 votes and was not elected federal deputy, being without holding a public office as soon as his term ends in March 2023.[2]

Personal life

On April 5, 2019, the day after threatening to assault a transsexual who used the same bathroom as her mother or sister, Garcia admitted to being homosexual. On the tribune of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (ALESP), he stated: "It does not diminish in any way the flags that I have been defending here in the Legislative Assembly against 'gender ideology'".[3]

References

1. "Deputado Estadual". www.al.sp.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-23.
2. "Deputado que tentou intimidar Vera Magalhães na TV é derrotado nas eleições". notícias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
3. "Deputado do PSL que atacou colega transexual assume ser gay". oglobo.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.

External links

• Douglas Garcia on Twitter
• Douglas Garcia on Facebook