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Court hears case of female student facing 10 years in prison for ‘transphobic’ social media post

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A Brazilian student who's facing four to 10 years in prison over social media comments about gender identity appeared before a federal court this week. The hearing addressed whether the posts constituted criminal “transphobia” under Brazilian law.

Judicial questioning during the session this week focused on whether the statements were published from the defendant’s own social media account, and the judge indicated the content appeared to reflect personal opinion rather than discriminatory intent while granting the defense five days to submit written conclusions before any ruling, according to the legal advocacy group ADF International.

The prosecution concerns two posts published in November 2020 on X, where the student, Isadora Borges, stated that transgender women “were obviously born male” and wrote that a person who identifies as transgender retains their birth DNA and that surgery, hormones or clothing do not change that fact.

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