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Because, the intersectionality of crime and sexual orientation is particularly fascinating, the prime objective of this blog is to discuss and research cases that focus on crimes committed by individuals or against individuals that identified as gay.

More specifically, I ask what maladaptive behaviors, ideas, and attitudes among gay men and gay culture increase the likely hood of victimization?

Does pornography depicting hardcore sadomasochism, drug use, and anonymous sex normalize violence and aggression?

To what extent do contemporary societal perceptions of homosexuality impact the reporting, investigating, and persecution of crimes committed against/by gay men?

Adriano Vicente da Silva

The Monster of Passo Fundo (Portuguese: Monstro de Passo Fundo), is a Brazilian serial killer and rapist who killed at least nine children and one man in Rio Grande da Sul.

Between August 2002 and January 2004, Da Silva carried out at least twelve attacks on young boys aged from 8 to 14. 

His modus operandi consisted of offering victims money or sweets in order to lure them to forested areas, where he beat them using his martial arts skills and then sexually violated them. Ultimately, he strangled his victims with a rope. During a reconstruction of the crime scenes, da Silva indicated the precise locations of the victims' bodies, and when semen samples were taken from two of them, his DNA was conclusively linked to his genetic profile.


Confirmed Victims:

  • Éderson Leite, age 12: killed August 16, 2002
  • Douglas Oliveira Hass, age 10: killed April 2003
  • Volnei Siqueira dos Santos, aged 12: killed July 9, 2003
  • Alessandro Silveira, age 13: killed September 2003
  • Junior Reis Loureiro, age 10: killed September 2003
  • Jéferson Borges Silveira, age 11: killed September 2003
  • Leandro Dornelles dos Santos, age 8: killed October 2003
  • Luciano Rodrigues, age 9: killed November 2003
  • Daniel Bernardi Lourenço, age 14: killed January 3, 2004

Convicted on all counts, he was sentenced to 264 years imprisonment for these crimes.

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Terms and Recurring Themes

Chem Sex: the use of drugs to enhance sex, often by increasing desire and reducing inhibition. Commonly used drugs are GHB, mephedrone, and crystal meth.

Sadomasochism: the derivation of sexual gratification from infliction of physical pain or humiliation either on another person or on oneself.

Objectification: (1) the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.

Necrophilia: sexual intercourse with or attraction towards corpses.

Cannibalism: the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.


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