Deputy criticizes courts for filing cases involving LGBTphobia and says the Judiciary “mockeries” the STF’s decision
The federal deputy (Psol-SP) called religious leaders opposed to LGBTQIA+ agendas “pimps of faith”. According to the deputy, in an interview with Roda Vivayes TV Culturaon Monday night (March 30, 2026), the term refers to those who “we were working” with the “people’s hope, fear and religiosity”.
The current president of classified as “omission and contempt” the attitude of the courts and the Legislature towards the offenses received by it, expressing dissatisfaction with what it considers to be a lack of adequate response on the part of these institutions.
Regarding the profile of religious people, the deputy stated: “This is a narrative of those people who want to continue to enrich their own family, to create assets based on faith. We’re going to have to shake this part of the population out of this slumber to understand, look, if Jesus came back tomorrow, he would sit with us.”.
Erika mentioned the case of Banco Master as an example of a church that has fintech and a bank, speaking of “pimps of faith” who enrich their families using religion. The deputy argued that it was necessary “wake up” a portion of the population to understand that the gospel and Christ “they don’t want people to live in war and be hated”.
She references investigated in the operation who moves between the financial market and religious leadership at the Lagoinha Baptist Church, in Belo Horizonte. The place is led by André Valadão, who founded the fintech Clava Forte Bank.
“I treat them as ‘pimps of faith’, people who use fear, precariousness and often absence to enrich and manipulate the gospel for their pleasure. This is fundamentalism, we see those who put themselves above the gospel to spread hate”said the congresswoman.
CRITICISM OF COURTS
When talking about the performance of the courts in the face of the waves of hatred she suffered, Erika declared that the Judiciary bodies do not adequately comply with the decision of the which equated transphobia and LGBTphobia with the crime of racism.
“There is omission, and there is even, I think, often a certain disregard for a determination made by the Federal Supreme Court. It was important that the Federal Supreme Court did not allow some bodies of the Judiciary to mock its decision”these.
Erika reported that, when calling the Judiciary, the expectation is that what was determined by the STF will be complied with, but that, in most cases, the courts dismiss cases related to cases of LGBTphobia, arguing the absence of intent or intention to attack the victim. This practice makes it difficult to effectively apply the rights achieved by the LGBTQIA+ population.
The congresswoman declared that she is not referring to cases that could have another interpretation, but to serious and openly transphobic situations, in which there is great difficulty in applying the legislation.
Erika Hilton defended that the STF, the National Council of Justice and the responsible bodies speak out so that judicial decisions are complied with. The deputy also compared the situation with crimes of racism, in which there is also difficulty in applying the law and attempts to classify cases as insults.
“We still live in a deeply racist society, in a deeply LGBTphobic society, and this reverberates. It reverberates in the Legislature, but it also reverberates in the courts”said Hilton.
