Brazil sent two trans politicians to its national parliament during its election on Sunday, a first for the South American country. On October 2, Brazilians headed to the polls to vote for their country’s president, though this election didn’t end with a definitive winner. Rather, the top two candidates, Jair Bolsonaro, the current and notably anti-LGBTQ+ president, and leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have advanced to the next round, which will take place on October 30. While that contest is still to be decided, voters in several parts of the country did decisively send two transgender women to Congress. Erika Hilton, a Black trans woman, won her election after campaigning to fight for education, social housing, and LGBTQ+ rights in the country. Joining Hilton in celebrating an election victory is councilwoman Duda Salabert, a member of the Democratic Labor Party, who was elected to represent the state of Minas Gerais. As per the newspaper Brasil de Fato, Brazil has the largest number of reported anti-trans killings of any country in the world, a trend that has held stable for many years. According to Washington Blade, Hilton and Salabert are two of the 324 out LGBTQ+ candidates who ran during this election cycle in Brazil.
History As Two Trans Women Elected To Brazil National Congress
- Kishi Chad
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