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Erika Hilton, Sao Paulo's first Black trans city councillor highlights 'adverse' racism in Brazil

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A Brazilian city councillor in Sao Paulo Erika Hilton has termed the South American country as a racist and LGBT-phobic country. The 27-year-old Black trans woman claimed she has been profiled for her skin in her political career. "Brazil is a racist, LGBT-phobic country, and I have all this in my body, in my political platform.

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Sao Paulo's First Black Trans Councilwoman Defies Barriers

As she steps into the staid chamber of Sao Paulo's city council, the first black trans woman elected to the municipal legislature is well aware of the dangers before her. "Brazil is a racist, homophobic and transphobic country, and I'm all that in one," says Erika Hilton. The 27-year-old activist-turned-politician is paying her first-ever visit to the chamber she was elected to in a landslide on November 15, a breakthrough vote for Latin America…

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Erika Hilton, Sao Paulo's first Black trans city councillor highlights 'adverse' racism in Brazil

3 years ago·Pointe- Noire, Congo

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Black, trans woman achieves milestone with election to Sao Paulo city council

Erika Hilton said she was forced to make a living as a sex worker in her teenage years but managed to leverage that pain to fuel her success in politics.

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