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Objective and Focus

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?

Fortunato Botton Neto

 Brazilian serial killer, believed to have murdered between 3 to 13 gay men in  

São Paulo.According to Botton, he was raped by a truck driver when he was eight, causing him to develop a deep hatred towards those who were physically stronger than him. Around this time, he realized that he was attracted to other men, and when he was a teenager, he started offering sexual services to older men who were attracted to his muscular physique. Between 1986 and 1989, a mysterious series of murders against homosexuals began plaguing São Paulo, but was largely ignored by police due to social stigma and unwillingness of potential victims outing themselves as gay by reporting it to the authorities.




Confirmed victims: 
  • José "Zezinho" Liberato
  •  Antônio Carlos Di Giacomo
  • Manoel "Maneco" Iraldo Paiva

When brought to the police station, Botton admitted that he had killed seven gay men from 1986 onwards, explaining in detail how he would repeatedly stab them post-mortem. According to him, most of the killings were a result of the victim underpaying him, but on a few occasions the reason was a negative remark: in the Di Giacomo case, he claimed to have killed the psychiatrist because he complained that he smoked too much.
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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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