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Nikolas Ferreira de Oliveira (born Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1996) is a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Liberal Party (PL). Currently serving as Member of the Chamber of Deputies, he was elected for a 4-year term in 2022, being the most voted Member of the Chamber of Deputies in the 2022 Brazilian general election, with almost 1,5 million votes, and the most voted in Minas Gerais history for that office. Formerly, he was elected Councillor of Belo Horizonte, in 2020, the second most voted candidate after Duda Salabert.
He describes himself as a "right-wing Christian, gun enthusiast, and family defender", and is considered one of the most influential politicians on social media in Brazil. Ferreira has gained national notoriety due to the controversies he has been involved in, including defending negationist ideas, opposing measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, giving speeches that are both transphobic and discriminatory, spreading fake news, and supporting and encouraging coup demonstrations as well as the attacks on the headquarters of the Three Powers in 2023.




Transphobic statements and conviction



Following his election as a councilor, Nikolas intentionally misgendered Duda Salabert, a transgender councilor in Belo Horizonte. Following this, Salabert filed a criminal complaint against him. There is no explicit criminal classification for transphobia and homophobia in Brazil, but the Supreme Federal Court decided in 2019 that they are crimes under the Law of Racism. In April 2023, Nikolas Ferreira was convicted, in first and second instance, and made to pay a compensation of R$ 80,000 for moral damages against Duda Salabert.
On March 8, 2023, International Women's Day, while serving as a federal congressman, Nikolas delivered a speech at the Chamber of Deputies podium with transphobic and anti-feminist statements. In addition to mocking trans women by wearing a blonde wig and asking to be called by the name "Nikole", he stated that "women are losing their space to men who feel like women". The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, wrote a public reprimand on social media after the statements, stating that the Chamber of Deputies is not a space for discriminatory speeches. Federal congresswoman Erika Hilton, who is a trans woman, presented a petition in favor of revoking Nikolas' mandate, which collected 150,000 signatures within 24 hours. Three criminal complaints were filed by civil society organizations and a group of federal congressmen to the Supreme Federal Court after the statements. On the other hand, Nikolas received support from other far-right politicians, such as Eduardo Bolsonaro, who classified his behavior as excellent, as well as Valdemar Costa Neto, the president of Nikolas' party, who publicly defended him on social media. Nikolas' stance was associated with the growth of transphobic proposals in the federal, state, and municipal legislative bodies.




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Media related to Nikolas Ferreira at Wikimedia Commons

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