Social minorities, gender and political representation: black, indigenous, transvestite and transsexual women councilors elected in 2020
gender; social minorities; political representation; women councilors; feminism
In recent years, a serious political crisis took place in Brazil and we have witnessed the resurgence of fascist and anti-democratic ideas among our leaders and the population. In this scenario, the boundaries between politics and religion became increasingly fluid, conservatism gained strength and women and social minorities became the main targets of attack with the dismantling of public policies concerning their inclusion and protection and the naturalization of material and immaterial violence on their bodies. Contradictorily, it was in this context averse to minorities and of chauvinism resurgence that, in 2020, we broke records in the number of women elected in the country, calling attention the increase of women councilors that belong to social minorities, some of them being the most voted in their cities. This apparently contradictory phenomenon is the driving force of this research that aims to, based on feminist, decolonial and intersectional theories, analyze the election of black, indigenous, transvestite and transgender women councilors in Brazil in 2020, as well as their agendas, thoughts and actions concerning gender issues and feminisms.