Brazil Elects Two Openly Trans Women To Congress

Erika Hilton and Duda Salabert, two openly trans women, have been elected to Brazil's Congress in a historic vote on October 2.

Both have promised to fight for LGBTQ+ rights after winning a place in the chamber of deputies.

Hilton made history in 2020 as the first-ever trans councilor elected to the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo.

“We are going to get off the street corners, we are going to get out of jails, we are going to get off crack corners and prostitution and start to think about public policies and legislation,” Hilton said after the outcome was announced. “Our mandate in Brasília will be more organized, more committed and closer to people. Maybe we can’t celebrate the way we wanted to and deserved to – but we can celebrate changes in congress and we will shed blood so that in the second round we can really celebrate.”

As Gay Times write, she will now be joined in congress by Salabert, founder of the anti-transphobia organization Transvest, who became the first out trans person elected to Belo Horizonte’s city council two years ago. “Being in politics is a way of fighting for a better world for my three-year-old daughter,” she explained earlier this year.

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