LGBT conservatism refers to a socio-political movement which

embraces and promotes the ideology of conservatism within an LGBT

(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) context. Gay conservatives may also
refer to lesbian or gay persons with conservative political views.

The number of openly LGBT advocates for conservative policies has

only become increasingly apparent since the advent of the modern LGBT
civil rights movement in the 1970s, while many more LGBT conservatives
remain closeted in countries where other socially conservative politicians
have led the most organized opposition to LGBT rights efforts. The
situation and ideology for LGBT conservatives varies by each country's
social and political LGBT rights climate.

Brazil

Before and following the Impeachment process against Dilma

Rousseff, several gay conservatives have been visible. Clodovil Hernandes
of the Christian Labour Party and later the Party of the Republic before his
death in 2009 is considered to be the first known gay MP for the Chamber
of Deputies.

On 16 January 2017, Marcelo Crivella, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro,

promoted Nélio Georgini, a gay evangelical conservative, to the head of the
city LGBT council.