Actor, presenter and digital influencer Vítor diCastro shared on his Instagram profile an episode of homophobia he suffered during a trip to Greece together with his husband, journalist Vinícius Cordeiro. They were on the Acropolis of Athens when they kissed and were reprimanded.
“Do not do it. […] No kisses,” says a male voice in English. “We almost got kicked out by a homophobe because of that kiss,” the influencer wrote while sharing the video with the moment they were interrupted yesterday.
In the recording, the actor can be seen showing almost no reaction at the moment he was scolded for only giving a kiss.
“Vinicius and I kissed and as soon as our mouths touched, the guy here was like, ‘no, no, no. You can’t, you can’t. No kissing, no kissing’. And we looked at it that way,” Vítor said.
The man would have said it was just the rules of the places that didn’t allow kissing. However, the actor reported that he couldn’t find this information anywhere and that other couples just now have not been stopped by any staff.
“‘It’s the rules,’ he said. Whose rules?” he asked. In the publication’s caption, diCastro also said that the moment was deeply embarrassing and triggered a “terrible trigger.”
“It was very embarrassing, a terrible trigger, it opened a box of memories I’d rather forget. And to survive, I did and still do the usual: I laugh, mock, pretend I don’t care. But how long do we have to put up with this kind of situation where people are seen as wrong, rule breakers, sinners?” he wrote.
In the report, he goes on to speak of other couples who were not approached: “There were other couples there, all straight, and none were approached. I ended up researching and researching and found nothing about a ban on kissing there. and violent as ever.”
The influencer’s husband, journalist Vinícius Cordeiro, also commented on the homophobia episode
Image: Playback / Instagram @viniciuscord
“And that’s in Europe, ok? In a first world country, in one of the most famous tourist spots around [e que desde Hércules sempre sonhei estar]. But unlike these ruins, homophobia is not a thing of the past. It’s real and up to date. It happens every day, everywhere and at all times,” he said.
Finally, Vítor diCastro said that he was thinking and that he could have reacted differently. “I’ve thought about everything I could have said in hindsight to that man who approached us, but I think it was just a ‘fuck you, beauty’ or, for him to understand, just a ‘fuck you ‘Pretty’.” 2022 boys! 2022!” said the presenter, followed by 1.4 million accounts on Instagram.
Vinícius also commented on the case, recalling that there are several references to sexual connotations in the gift shops near the place, reminiscent of a past there: “The guys didn’t even do it [aguentam] see a seal. If you go through the gift shops, you will find different types of penises made of marble, clay, carved in stone, ornate, sexually explicit illustrations and so on, but the gay kiss cannot do that. Homophobia is homophobia anywhere in the world.”