A Black transgender singer and songwriter from Brazil on Nov. 13 won three Latin Grammy Awards.

Liniker, who is from Araraquara, a city in São Paulo State, won for Best Portuguese Language Song for her song “Veludo Marrom,” Best Portuguese-Language Urban Performance for her song “Caju” from her sophomore album of the same title, and Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album for “Caju.”

She accepted the awards during the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony that took place in Las Vegas. Liniker also performed.

“I’ve been writing since I was 16. And writing, and poetry, have been my greatest form of existence. It’s where I find myself; where I celebrate so many things I experience,” said Liniker as she accepted her first Latin Grammy on Nov. 13. “And being a composer … Being a trans composer in Brazil — a country that kills us — is extremely difficult.”

Liniker in 2022 became the first openly trans woman to win a Latin Grammy.

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges that he tried to overturn the results of the country’s 2022 election.

The New York Times notes four of the five justices who heard the case voted to convict Bolsonaro and seven others implicated in the plot. The Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison.

Bolsonaro, a right-wing former Brazilian Army captain who represented Rio de Janeiro in Congress for nearly three decades, became the country’s president in 2018. Bolsonaro, among other things, faced sharp criticism over his rhetoric against LGBTQ Brazilians, women, and other groups.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a member of the leftist Worker’s Party who was Brazil’s president from 2003-2010, in 2022 defeated Bolsonaro in the presidential election’s second round.

Da Silva took office on Jan. 1, 2023. Bolsonaro did not attend the inauguration.

Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters a week later stormed Congress, the presidential palace, and the Supreme Court. LGBTQ activists are among those who condemned what they described as an attempted coup.

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court in June 2023 banned Bolsonaro from running for president until 2030.

“Papuda is waiting for you, Bolsonaro,” said transgender Congresswoman Erika Hilton on X, referring to the Papuda Penitentiary Center in the Federal District in which Brasília, the country’s capital, is located.

🚨 BOLSONARO, A PAPUDA TE ESPERA!

A Primeira Turma do Supremo Tribunal Federal acaba de definir a pena total de 27 anos e 3 meses de reclusão em regime FECHADO ao condenado Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro e seus aliados foram condenados pelos crimes de tentativa de golpe de Estado,… pic.twitter.com/5yzin5kzRb

— ERIKA HILTON (@ErikakHilton) September 11, 2025

The Trump-Vance administration last month imposed tariffs against Brazil in response to the Bolsonaro trial. The White House also sanctioned Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the proceedings.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said on X the U.S. “will respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”

“The political persecutions by sanctioned human rights abuser Alexandre de Moraes continue, as he and others on Brazil’s supreme court have unjustly ruled to imprison former President Jair Bolsonaro,” said Rubio.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said it plans to deport a transgender Brazilian woman who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested in Silver Spring.

A video posted to Instagram shows three plain-clothed ICE agents removing Alice Correia Barbosa from her car on Aug. 23. One agent misgendered Correia before he and the two other agents placed her into an unmarked SUV.

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A senior DHS official in response to the Washington Blade’s request for comment about Correia’s arrest referred to her by her birth name and described her as an “illegal alien from Brazil” who “overstayed his visa by almost six years.” The official also used male pronouns to describe Correia.

“He remained in the U.S. after his B-2 tourist visa that allowed him to remain in the U.S. for six months. Nearly six years later, he is still illegally in our country,” the official told the Blade. “Barbosa’s criminal history includes arrests possession of a controlled substance and marijuana possession. U.S. Border Patrol arrested Barbosa on Aug. 23, 2025, and he will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. President Trump and Secretary Noem are committed to restoring integrity to the visa program and ensuring it is not abused to allow aliens a permanent one-way ticket to remain in the U.S.”

The Blade asked the official why they used Correia’s birth name to identify her and male pronouns to describe her.

“Because he is a man,” said the official.

Erika Hilton, a Brazilian congresswoman who is a Black travesti, on Aug. 24 said she asked the country’s Foreign Ministry to “intercede to guarantee the rights and physical integrity of Alice Correia Barbosa, a Brazilian trans woman who was arbitrarily, suspiciously, and violently arrested in the U.S.”

Hilton in her X post said Correia’s arrest is unconstitutional. Hilton further criticized the Trump-Vance administration’s overall immigration policy.

“Obviously, I don’t believe it’s fruitful to explain to the U.S. the illegalities committed by a Dorito-colored dictator’s little project,” said Hilton.

Acabo de acionar o Itamaraty pedindo que intercedam pela garantia dos direitos e integridade física de Alice Correia Barbosa, uma brasileira trans que foi presa de forma arbitrária, suspeita e violenta nos EUA.

Tudo, em desrespeito à Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos,…

— ERIKA HILTON (@ErikakHilton) August 24, 2025

The Brazilian Foreign Affairs on Wednesday told the Blade the country’s Consulate General in D.C. “is monitoring the case, in contact with local authorities, and providing consular assistance to the Brazilian national.” Them reported Correia is in ICE custody at the Caroline Detention Facility in Virginia.

Brazil has the highest number of reported murders of trans people in the world. The State Department’s 2024 human rights report that “erased” LGBTQ people does not mention this fact.

President Donald Trump in his inaugural speech announced the federal government’s “official policy” is “there are only two genders, male and female.” Hilton and Duda Salabert, another Brazilian congresswoman who is also trans, earlier this year said the U.S. listed their gender on their American visas as “male.”