ever elected Senator from São Paulo, the most populous state of Brazil. She promised to fight for the approval of PLC 122, a bill criminalizing homophobia, and also reintroduced the same-sex civil unions bill. The latter received its first victory in the Senate Human Rights Committee on 24 May 2012. In 2016, after leaving the PT and joining the PMDB, Suplicy vigorously supported Vice President Michel Temer and President of Congress Eduardo Cunha in the move to impeach her former political party colleague President Dilma Rousseff. Suplicy's decision was deemed seriously divisive by many including her son, Supla, who proclaimed,"Minha mãe é golpista, meu pai é petista e eu sou anarquista. Momentos políticos difíceis, né" (My mother is a coup-plotter, my father is a member of the PT, and I am an anarchist. Difficult times, huh?). Family Suplicy has three sons, one of whom is the musician Supla. From 1965 to 2001, she was married to Eduardo Suplicy, a PT Brazilian senator from the state of São Paulo who is the father of her children. Later, she married Luis Favre, whom she divorced after a relationship of nearly eight years. She currently dates Márcio Toledo, ex-president of the Jockey Club of São Paulo. References |- |- |- |- |- 1945 births Living people Mayors of São Paulo Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo Ministers of Culture of Brazil Ministers of Tourism of Brazil Writers from São Paulo Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of English descent Stanford University alumni Michigan State University alumni Women mayors of places in Brazil Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Brazilian columnists Brazilian feminists Women government ministers of Brazil Brazilian women columnists