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    11 Trans Brazilians on Resisting Bolsonaro and Finding Strength

    Out.com Editors
    | 05/01/19

    11 Trans Brazilians on Resisting Bolsonaro and Finding Strength

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    Photographer and videographer Hans Diernberger went to Salvador, Brazil, on an artist's residency to work with the local trans+ community last year. There, he found a resilient, beautiful, thriving community, banding together in the face of a building movement to eventually elect its far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro. Diernberger, working with sound artist Will Saunders, took portraits of several members of the local community and asked them about how they will stay strong under an outwardly transphobic regime.

    Angell Azevedo

    Angell Azevedo

    "I hope to be the first trans woman with a PhD in history and sociology."

    Bernardo Costa

    Bernardo Costa

    "Everybody of colour who came before me, who fought for me to be here now, inspired me."

    Bruna

    Bruna

    "Many trans women are considered marginal, but they are not."

    Bruno Santana

    Bruno Santana

    "I hope to build a world that is more livable for everybody, where being trans isn't synonymous for something bad or sick."

    Bruno

    Bruno

    "To have that capacity to see myself from diferent perspetives is my strength."

    Dante D Lenfer

    Dante D Lenfer

    "What Bolsonaro can't take away from me is my freedom to be who I am, to love whom I want to love and to go out of my house whenever I want to."

    Fabiane

    Fabiane

    "My strength is to live fully in the face of the difficulties"

    Ithan Franca

    Ithan Franca

    "The only thing I need is to be me, to be treated like everybody else."

    Joana

    Joana

    "The LGBT community is a big family and no one can take that away from us."

    João Hugo

    Joao Hugo

    "I am hoping for things to get better in the areas of health and selfworth."

    Karla

    Karla

    "In the future I want less casualties among us trans, because we live with such amounts of violence and demagogy in this hypocrite society. I want the trans to be freer. And stop killing us!"

    Maria Gabrielly

    Maria Gabrielly

    "My strength: my family. I have a wonderful family that has always supported me in everything."

    Nicholas

    Nicholas

    "My major challenge is to get away from the cliches. I am a trans man, but I don't need so-called masculine clothes in order to be a trans man and I hope that that is what the future is going to be like."

    Pamela

    Pamela

    "I want a future that has respect, where we look at each other with love, with affection, with respect."

    Pedro

    Pedro

    "It was a trans man who inspired me to be who I am today. He showed me everything that is possible for me to be, and who I am today, without being afraid of anyone."

    Rancella Marcia Almeida

    Rancella Marcia Almeida

    "My strength is my willingness to win in life."

    Sellena Ramos

    Sellena Ramos

    "He [Bolsonaro] can't take away my authenticity, my joy."

    Theo Brandon

    Theo Brandon

    "I want to show other trans men the diverse forms of masculinity that there are."

    Vanusa Alves

    Vanusa Alves

    "Sometimes we need the old ones, because they have more experience."

    Viviane Cerqueira

    Viviane Cerqueira

    "My strength lies in god and the love for my family."

    Yuna Vitoria

    Yuna Vitoria

    "My strength is poetry."

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