The room is home to several members of Brazil's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community seeking refuge from discrimination and hate crimes against LGBT people.
They were invited to join some 300 squatters who have been living in the building for several months in an occupation organized by Front in the Fight for Housing, an activist group promoting rights of some 400,000 people without decent housing in Sao Paulo.
"The occupation is a space where we can feel safe," Rodrigo, a tall shaven-headed gay man says as he strokes his black beard. "In the LGBT movement, we . . .
