Erika Hilton triggers UN after a US visa ignores genre: “State Transphobia”
Federal Deputy Érika Hilton (PSOL-SP) announced on Wednesday (16) that she will trigger the United Nations (UN) against the United States government after receiving a male gender identification visa.
Trans woman, the parliamentarian has classified the case as an example of “state transphobia” and said she will take international legal measures against US President Donald Trump and the policy adopted by her government.
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The complaint comes after Hilton has his gender identity disrespected by the US Consulate in Brasilia, which would have ignored his rectified birth certificate and the Brazilian passport – both with female identification. The episode led the deputy to cancel his participation in Brazil Conference in Harvard, where he should speak on April 12 as part of an official mission authorized by the House of Representatives. “It is a situation of violence, disrespect and abuse. The consulate violated a Brazilian document and committed a diplomatic aggression by not recognizing my gender identity,” Hilton told power360.
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According to the congressman, the episode directly reflects the decree signed by Trump in January 2025, which determines the official recognition of only two genres-male and female-and excludes the legal validity of the identity of trans people in the US territory. Hilton also recalled that in 2023 he had obtained an American visa with his correctly recognized genre. For her, the change represents not only a climb in the exclusionary discourse of the new republican administration, but also an affront to Brazilian sovereignty: “The hatred that Donald Trump nourishes against transgender people has to violate official documents from another country. This requires a response to both diplomatic and legal,” said the parliamentarian.
The deputy said she has already notified Itamaraty and is in dialogue with international lawyers to enable an action against the US government in the appropriate instances. It also considers the case a dangerous precedent: “We are facing an act that goes beyond individual transphobia. It is an institutionalized policy of exclusion that affects the dignity and human rights of trans people on a global scale.”
