Indianara Siqueira Today Brazil was voting. Far right won, but not enough to reign without a second round. Indianara Siqueira is a trans activist, proud prostitute, and also does politics. She's the first transsexual in Brazil to win an alternate seat on a municipal council, this happened in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In a country where trans-related murders are one of the highest and sexual workers struggle to get official recognition, she fights on both fronts. She got known in 2013, by walking topless during the SlutWalk. In Brazil, a woman can take up to 1-year imprisonment and a fine for being topless in public spaces. This simple action jeopardised the whole judiciary system. If they punish her, they have to accept her condition as a woman, if they do not, she's proving that woman are discriminated. Until today she is fighting to get a verdict. She started as an activist by doing sexually transmitted diseases prevention. From that moment she participated in numerous collectives and movements, as Transrevolução and the Marcha das Vadias (SlutWalk). In 2016, she manages Casa Nem, the only all-LGBT shelter in the state of Rio, where they help gay and trans teens and young adults for college entrance exams. I couldn't find a lot of information in English about Indianara. Please, check the link in my profile for more my sources. And feel free to correct me or send more accurate information. And do your own research. Always! ^}^ https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqMmXCBkJ_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v8nqm7p6g76x









