{{Short description|Brazilian politician and activist (born 1973)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Linda Brasil | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|04|14}} | birth_name = Linda Brasil Azevedo Santos | birth_place = [[Santa Rosa de Lima, Sergipe]], [[Brazil]] | alma_mater = [[Federal University of Sergipe]] | party = [[Socialism and Liberty Party|PSOL]] {{small|(2015–present)}} | occupation = Aracaju city councilor | website = {{URL|https://lindabrasilaracaju.com.br/}} | image = Linda Brasil - Maio de 2022.jpg | caption = Linda Brasil in 2022 | image_size = 245px }} '''Linda Brasil Azevedo Santos''' (born 14 April 1973) is a Brazilian teacher, [[LGBT movements|LGBT rights activist]], and politician who became the first [[trans woman]] elected to a parliamentary position in the state of [[Sergipe]], Brazil. She was elected in 2020 as a member of the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]].
Brasil was born in [[Santa Rosa de Lima, Sergipe|Santa Rosa de Lima]], in the state of [[Sergipe]]. She attended the [[Federal University of Sergipe]], attaining a Master's degree in Education. After attending university, she founded AmoSerTrans, an association of transgender people in the state of Sergipe. She also founded CasAmor Neide Silva, a shelter for LGBT youth in Aracaju.
== Biography == Brasil was born on 14 April 1973 in [[Santa Rosa de Lima, Sergipe]], Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Brasil — Câmara Municipal de Aracaju |url=https://www.aracaju.se.leg.br/processo-legislativo/parlamentares/linda-brasil |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.aracaju.se.leg.br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lima |first=Jozailto |date=2021-06-19 |title=Linda Brasil: "Por um parlamento atento à visibilidade das pessoas inviabilizadas". |url=https://www.jlpolitica.com.br/entrevista/linda-brasil-por-um-parlamento-atento-a-visibilidade-das-pessoas-inviabilizadas |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=JL Política |language=pt-BR |archive-date=2023-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202091258/https://www.jlpolitica.com.br/entrevista/linda-brasil-por-um-parlamento-atento-a-visibilidade-das-pessoas-inviabilizadas |url-status=dead }}</ref> As an adult, she moved to [[Aracaju]] and began working in an accounting firm. When she was 30, she left her job, came out as [[transgender]], and opened a beauty salon.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Andrade |first=Tássio |date=2015-10-22 |title=Mulheres transexuais montam grupo de estudo para o Enem. |url=http://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2015/10/mulheres-transexuais-montam-grupo-de-estudo-para-o-enem.html |access-date=2021-02-02 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]]}}</ref> In 2013, Brasil filed an administrative proceeding with the [[Federal University of Sergipe]], claiming a professor refused to use her preferred name, instead only referring to her as her legal name.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Linda Brasil: "Não teremos um mandato, e sim uma mandata!" |url=http://www.jornaldacidade.net/politica/2020/11/320253/linda-brasil-%E2%80%9Cnao-teremos-um-mandato-e-sim-uma-mandata.html |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Jornal da Cidade |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2020-11-23 |title=Achava que não podia ocupar certos espaços, diz 1ª trans eleita vereadora em Aracaju |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2020/11/achava-que-nao-podia-ocupar-certos-espacos-diz-1a-trans-eleita-vereadora-em-aracaju.shtml |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[Folha de São Paulo]]}}</ref> Following the proceeding, the university passed an ordinance which allows the use of a preferred name in academic and administrative settings within the institution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-17 |title=Altera a portaria nº 2209 que regulamenta o uso do nome social de Travestis e transexuais. |url=https://portarias.ufs.br/conteudo/41966-Altera--a-portaria-n%C2%BA-2209-que-regulamenta-o-uso-do-nome-social-de-Travestis-e-transexuais |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Portal UFS}}</ref> While at the university, she helped found Coletivo [[Queer]] Transfeminista (Des)montadxs to discuss questions of gender and sexuality within both the university and Sergipe as a whole.<ref name=":1" /> She later became the first trans woman to graduate from the Federal University of Sergipe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-31 |title=Visibilidade Trans: Linda Brasil e a luta contínua para transformar a realidade - E! Online Brasil |url=https://www.eonline.com/br/news/1318168/visibilidade-trans-linda-brasil-e-a-luta-continua-para-transformar-a-realidade |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=E! Online}}</ref>
In 2015, Brasil partnered with other trans people and allies to create EducaTrans, a preparatory course for the [[Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio]] aimed at transgender students whose main objective was to expand visibility of trans people in the university environment and, later, the labor market.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-29 |title=Emprego formal ainda é exceção entre pessoas trans. |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2020/01/emprego-formal-ainda-e-excecao-entre-pessoas-trans.shtml |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[Folha de São Paulo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Presse |first=France |date=2021-07-20 |title=A passos lentos, pessoas trans chegam ao mercado de trabalho formal brasileiro. |url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/concursos-e-emprego/noticia/2021/07/20/a-passos-lentos-pessoas-trans-chegam-ao-mercado-de-trabalho-formal-brasileiro.ghtml |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]]}}</ref>
In 2017, Brasil founded CasAmor, an [[NGO]] inspired by LGBT shelters in Brazil such as {{Ill|Casa 1|lt=Casa 1|pt|Casa Número Um}} in [[São Paulo]] and {{Ill|CasaNem|lt=Casa Nem|pt|CasaNem}} in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Andrade de |first1=Yago |last2=Almeida |first2=Raquel |title=Sergipe terá casa de acolhimento para população LGBT |url=https://infonet.com.br/noticias/cultura/sergipe-tera-casa-de-acolhimento-para-populacao-lgbt/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Infonet |date=19 September 2017 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> CasAmor aims to provide support to LGBT youth through volunteer work carried out by various professionals including psychologists, architects, designers, engineers, teachers and journalists. The program also aims to temporarily host people who do not have family support due to their [[sexual orientation]] or gender identity, as well as provide courses and workshops aimed at LGBT youth entering the job market.<ref name=":2" /> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|COVID-19 pandemic]], CasAmor worked to deliver supplies such as food, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene materials to LGBT individuals who were in a situation of social vulnerability.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-09 |title=CasAmor LGBTQI+ realiza campanha solidária. |url=http://www.jornaldacidade.net/cidades/2020/04/316873/casamor-lgbtqi-realiza-campanha-solidaria.html |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Jornal da Cidade}}</ref> In 2021, CasAmor was renamed CasAmor Neide Silva to honor "Tia Neide", a volunteer and member of the advisory board who died of COVID-19 in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda presta homenagem a Tia Neide, querida guerreira da mandata |url=https://www.aracaju.se.leg.br/institucional/noticias/linda-brasil-lamenta-o-falecimento-de-tia-neide |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Câmara Municipal de Aracaju |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-11 |title=História do Movimento LGBT é debatida em Ciclo de formação da Mandata Linda Brasil |url=https://lindabrasilaracaju.com.br/2021/04/10/historia-do-movimento-lgbt-e-debatida-em-ciclo-de-formacao-da-mandata-linda-brasil/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Linda Brasil |language=pt-BR |archive-date=2022-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203235614/https://lindabrasilaracaju.com.br/2021/04/10/historia-do-movimento-lgbt-e-debatida-em-ciclo-de-formacao-da-mandata-linda-brasil/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Political career == Brasil is affiliated with the [[Socialism and Liberty Party]] (PSOL),<ref name=":1"/> running on a platform of human rights, LGBT rights,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vereadores de Aracaju rejeitam projeto de Linda Brasil |url=http://jornaldacidade.net/politica/2021/06/322757/vereadores-de-aracaju-rejeitam-projeto-de-linda-brasil.html |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Jornal da Cidade |language=pt-BR}}</ref> the reduction of social injustices, the protection of [[minorities]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Linda Brasil aprova em primeira discussão projeto que exige de intérprete de Libras |url=https://www.faxaju.com.br/index.php/2021/12/02/linda-brasil-aprova-em-primeira-discussao-projeto-que-exige-de-interprete-de-libras/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=FaxAju |language=pt-BR}}</ref> the fight against [[machismo]] and [[sexism]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Brasil aprova seu primeiro PL e machismo será discutido nas escolas |url=https://www.aracaju.se.leg.br/institucional/noticias/linda-brasil-aprova-seu-primeiro-pl-e-machismo-sera-discutido-nas-escolas |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Câmara Municipal de Aracaju |language=pt-br}}</ref> [[racism]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dia Municipal da Mulher Negra – Rejane Maria, é lei! |url=https://www.aracaju.se.leg.br/institucional/noticias/dia-municipal-da-mulher-negra-2013-rejane-maria-e-lei |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Câmara Municipal de Aracaju |language=pt-br}}</ref> and the defense of [[democracy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Mandata de Linda Brasil realiza balanço e planejamento semestral |url=https://lindabrasilaracaju.com.br/2021/07/30/mandata-de-linda-brasil-realiza-balanco-e-planejamento-semestral/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Linda Brasil |language=pt-BR |archive-date=2022-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203224957/https://lindabrasilaracaju.com.br/2021/07/30/mandata-de-linda-brasil-realiza-balanco-e-planejamento-semestral/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2016, Brasil ran for a city council position in Aracaju, receiving 26th place with 2,308 votes (0.83% of the total valid votes). She was the most voted-for candidate affiliated with the PSOL in Aracaju. Although there were 24 open seats, Brasil was not selected as an alternate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UOL Eleições 2016: Aracaju-SE |url=https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2016/1turno/se/aracaju |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=[[Universo Online|UOL]]}}</ref> Brasil's supporters pointed out institutional [[transphobia]] during the campaign, as Brasil was required to register as male.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Brasil 50180 - Eleições 2016 |url=https://www.todapolitica.com/eleicoes-2016/linda-brasil/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Toda Política}}</ref>
In 2018, Brasil ran for state deputy, becoming the 38th most voted-for candidate in Sergipe with 10,107 votes (0.93% of the total votes cast for the Legislative Assembly of Sergipe). She was the most-voted for candidate affiliated with the PSOL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eleições 2018: Apuração Sergipe |url=https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2018/1turno/se/apuracao-no-estado/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=[[Universo Online|UOL]]}}</ref> Although the election was held throughout the state of Sergipe, 6,555 of her votes were from Aracaju.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-07 |title=Resultado da votação para Linda Brasil no Sergipe: Eleições 2018. |url=https://especiais.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2018/resultados/municipios-sergipe/deputado-estadual-candidato-linda-brasil-50180/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=[[Gazeta do Povo]]}}</ref> Due to a decision by the [[Superior Electoral Court]] about the 2018 elections, Brasil was allowed to run as a woman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maia |first=Gustavo |date=2018-03-01 |title=TSE decide que candidatos "trans" devem contar para cotas nas eleições. |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/03/01/tse-decide-que-candidatos-trans-devem-contar-para-cotas-nas-eleicoes.htm |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[Universo Online|UOL]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Brasil 50180 PSOL - Eleições 2018 |url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/2018/candidatos/se/deputado-estadual/linda-brasil,50180 |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Estadão |language=pt-BR |archive-date=2022-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203190710/https://politica.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/2018/candidatos/se/deputado-estadual/linda-brasil,50180 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Due to the results of her previous attempts to run for office, and due to changes in electoral legislation,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calgaro |first=Fernanda |date=2019-10-04 |title=Saiba quais regras vão vigorar nas eleições municipais de 2020. |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2019/10/04/saiba-quais-regras-vao-vigorar-nas-eleicoes-municipais-de-2020.ghtml |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]]}}</ref> Brasil was considered a strong candidate by the PSOL to run for an Aracaju city council position. She was launched as a pre-candidate of the PSOL in late 2019, using the slogan "Courage to Transform".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-31 |title=Sou Linda Brasil, pré-candidata a vereadora pelo PSOL em Aracaju |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaDHxecLCV8 |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Canal Linda Brasil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Estácio |first=Verlane |date=2020-11-15 |title=Mais votada, Linda Brasil é a primeira vereadora trans de Aracaju. |url=https://infonet.com.br/noticias/politica/mais-votada-linda-brasil-e-a-primeira-vereadora-trans-de-aracaju/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Infonet}}</ref> In 2020, Brasil was elected to the Aracaju city council, becoming the first trans councilwoman in the city's history. She was the most voted-for candidate affiliated with PSOL, receiving 5,733 votes. Due to this, she was able to preside over the first plenary session of the legislative in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-03 |title=Linda Brasil: "Estou vivendo um sonho coletivo". |url=https://www.destaquenoticias.com.br/linda-brasil-estou-vivendo-um-sonho-coletivo/ |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Destaque Notícias}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferretti |first=Caio |date=2021-03-26 |title=Representatividade trans: as novas vereadoras. |url=https://revistatrip.uol.com.br/tpm/duda-salabert-erika-hilton-e-linda-brasil-politica-e-luta |access-date=2022-02-02 |website=Trip UOL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-15 |title=Aracaju elege primeira mulher trans como vereadora |url=https://g1.globo.com/se/sergipe/noticia/2020/11/15/aracaju-elege-primeira-mulher-trans-como-vereadora.ghtml |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Live Linda Brasil - Sessão de Posse da Legislatura 2021-2024. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d64hoXpec1I&t=2220s |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Canal Linda Brasil| date=January 2021 }}</ref>
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