Brazilian LGBTQ activist and politician David Miranda passes away at 37.

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Brazilian LGBTQ activist and politician David Miranda passes away at 37.
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David Miranda, a Brazilian gay rights activist and former lawmaker who assisted his husband, journalist Glenn Greenwald, in disseminating information from classified U.S. documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, died at the age of 37. Miranda rose to prominence as a groundbreaking gay politician and fierce opponent of the right-wing Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president from 2019 to 2022. He battled a severe gastrointestinal infection for nine months in intensive care before his death.

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