The President (PT) called the deputy identification (-SP) abominable with the male gender in the visa of the parliamentary issued by the government of.
The deputy, trans woman, announced this month that because of the document and would report the president to the UN (United Nations) for considering the case transphobia and a disrespect to his Brazilian civil records.
An earlier visa issued by the same country in 2023 reported that she was the female genre.
Lula uttered Brazilian deputies to express their contrary to the American Parliament.
“What happened to you, Erika, in my opinion, is abominable. It is important that the deputies who are here remember that you could arrive at the deputy’s house, make an official of all deputies and send to the American parliament saying the non -conformity of your embassy in the document of a Brazilian deputy,” he said.
The speech was made during a sanction of bills in the Planalto Palace with the presence of Erika, the Minister of Women, Cida Gonçalves, and the deputies Benedita da Silva (PT-RJ) and Jandira Feghali (B-RJ PC).
“Who has the right to discuss what this woman is, is Brazil. And she, above all. It’s science, it is not a decree of Trump. So it is important that you learn to get restless too, has to have a protest from the Brazilian House of Representatives to Americans, has to have a letter to the American Senate,” he said.
On Wednesday (23), Erika had already met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chancellor Mauro Vieira, to address the issue. The deputy said that the meeting was “short” what she expected, but that this Thursday’s meeting with Lula was more profitable.
“There was no response from Itamaraty, starting around. The meeting was a little short.
“It is not a personalistic appeal, it was an appeal of a citizen, a Brazilian deputy,” said Erika after the meeting. “On the way out, he [Lula] He said he had already talked to the minister for Itamaraty to position himself. I told President ‘I’m not expecting a war to be sanctioned to the United States’. “
According to her, Itamaraty had already informed her that the embassy could issue a new passport with rectified information. “Wonder, I don’t want to fight with the United States. What can not be treated as a ‘bananas’ republic’.”
Erika Hilton also said she was “anxious” for the Brazilian government to publish some grade on the case. “[Isso] It is already given with the president’s speech, but you need to leave more officially. “
