BBC: Brazilian military police have arrested an army sergeant who revealed that he was gay in an interview with a national news magazine at the weekend.
The ministry of defence says the sergeant is to be questioned about alleged desertion from the military and there is no question of discrimination.
Sgt Laci Marinho de Araujo, who suffers from ill-health, was moved from a Sao Paulo hospital to the capital Brasilia.
Human rights groups say they are concerned about his welfare.
The arrest happened just as Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was due to address the country's first national gay rights' conference.
Sgt Laci Marinho de Araujo and his partner, who is also a sergeant in the Brazilian army, featured on the front page of Epoca magazine. Gay Soldier's Fate Grips Brazil >>> By Gary Duffy | June 5, 2008
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