He got up on a taxi stand, danced to a funk carioca song with the lyrics "I told my mother I want to be a woman," put his finger in his anus and received a jet of urine on his neck.
The scene happened during a Carnaval street parade in São Paulo on Monday (4th) and inadvertently made the rounds on worldwide social media after president Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a video taken at that moment and called it an example of Carnaval's depravity.
But this was not an act of debauchery, as Bolsonaro thought. It was an artistic and political performance "planned with the goal of showing an artistic message," as the duo wrote in their manifest sent to Folha. The two men also define themselves as "we are not men; we are queer." Their manifest also opposes "conservatism and the colonization of our body and sexual practices."
The president, facing all the criticism expressed during the Carnaval all over the country, opted to throw another smoke screen on social media," they continued.
"After all, it's more important to police over other people's real assholes than to work for the country and help those in need. And we, the Brazilian people, deserve respect regardless of sexual practices, or gender, race and class identities."
The two men, in their twenties, chose to remain anonymous because they feared reaction from Bolsonaro's supporters. The president came under fire for posting pornographic content in a Twitter account with over three million followers and by suggesting that the two men's actions were typical of Carnaval festivities.
Folha asked one of the men if he feared that they could be sued for performing an obscene act under Brazilian law and if they had concerns over children witnessing the whole thing since it happened in the street.
He said that that the president was responsible for putting it on social media, not them. They also noted that their art performances are not intended to be seen on traditional or online media -- that is until president Bolsonaro discovered them.
Translated by NATASHA MADOV