Brazil is a country often defined by its paradoxes. It is a land of breathtaking natural beauty and sprawling urban inequality, of rigid Catholic traditions and the explosive freedom of Carnival. Nowhere is this duality more visible than in the country’s vibrant, complex, and highly visible transgender community.
Brazil is characterized by a paradox: it has a highly vibrant and public trans scene, yet it is also one of the most dangerous places on earth for transgender people.