Erika Hilton

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Erika Santos Silva, known as Erika Hilton (born 9 December 1992), is a Brazilian politician and activist for Black, LGBTQ+, and women's rights. Assigned male at birth, she transitioned during her youth and has since become one of the most prominent transgender political figures in Latin America. Hilton studied pedagogy and gerontology at the Federal University of São Carlos before entering electoral politics. Affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), she gained national and international recognition in the 2020 municipal elections after becoming the first openly transgender woman elected to the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo. She received the highest number of votes of any female councilor candidate in the country during that cycle. In November 2021, she was honored with the "Generation Change Award" at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards in Budapest for her human rights advocacy. In the 2022 general elections, Hilton and Duda Salabert made history as the first two openly transgender...

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