Openly Gay Talles de Oliveira Faira showed defiance in the face of bullies when he served up some gender-queer fashion at his graduation from the Aeronautic Technology Institute of the Air Force of Brazil graduation. Ditching the traditional suit, Faira worke a mini-dress and chunky heels—proudly walked to the stage to accept his diploma.

“Since I was 12 years old I listened to wonderful things about the Institute. I heard that it was the best university of the country and that it can open you several opportunities in the future. The institute was my dream. I did not know that it was going to be the worst deception of my life. I did secondary school in a military school and I went there very scared of my sexual condition being discovered and being suspended…Homophobia is shown through invisibility, jokes and the expulsion of those who wanted to show their sexual condition. When I arrived at the institute I decided that it was enough. Either you accept me as I am or you would be exposed for what you really are,” he wrote on social media. [Metro]