Duda Salabert

Duda Salabert is a Brazilian politician, literature teacher, environmentalist and vegan activist who represents Minas Gerais as a federal deputy for PSOL within the PSOL–REDE federation. She is one of the first two openly transgender women ever elected to Brazil's National Congress, alongside Erika Hilton, and she currently sits in the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília.

Her public profile rests on a string of electoral firsts and on a combative, highly visible legislative style. She was the most-voted federal deputy in Minas Gerais history in 2022, the same year she made the congressional breakthrough, and she was named to the TIME100 Next list in 2023. She has become a leading congressional voice against illegal mining and for LGBTQ+ rights, public education funding and climate action.

Fans of Brazilian progressive politics know her for blending a serious policy record with an unusually informal public presence: a literature teacher who posts hip-hop clips, turns up in mosh pits at Black Pantera shows and signs her social bios with a sun emoji and the words "Mãe da Sol." She is, in the most literal sense, a representative who does not look or sound like the ones who came before her. [edit]

Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Duda Salabert grew up in the capital of Minas Gerais and trained as a literature teacher, a profession she still names first in her social bios. For years she taught in public schools while building a parallel life as an activist, and that classroom work shaped the way she talks about politics: direct, pedagogical, allergic to jargon.

Her organizing centered on transgender rights and visibility. She founded and led Movimento Transgente, an organization built around trans advocacy in Minas Gerais, and the group became her base before she ever held office. Environmental and vegan activism ran alongside it, giving her a public identity that crossed movements rather than fitting neatly into one.

The first formal political step came in 2018, when she ran for the Brazilian Senate. According to her own official channel, she was the first transsexual woman in Latin America to contest a Senate seat. She lost that race. But the campaign made her a recognizable voice far beyond Belo Horizonte, and it set up the local run that would change her trajectory two years later.

By the time she launched her city council bid, she had a decade of teaching, a movement she had built and a Senate campaign behind her. The breakthrough was close, and it came in 2020. [edit]

The 2020 Belo Horizonte city council race was the turning point. Running with the PDT, Salabert won a seat and became the first transgender person to serve on that council. Her vote total of more than 37,000 was the highest for any city council candidate in Minas Gerais at the time and the most-voted council candidacy in Belo Horizonte's history.

Two years later she went national. In October 2022 she was elected federal deputy for Minas Gerais, becoming, with Erika Hilton, one of the first two transgender members of Brazil's National Congress. She was the most-voted federal deputy in the state's history. She took office in 2023 in the Chamber of Deputies, registered under her civil name, Duda Salabert Rosa, PSOL-MG.

Her legislative work has focused on LGBTQ+ rights, environmental protection and climate action, public education funding and anti-discrimination measures. On February 7, 2022, she filed a preventive Citizen Suit with a preliminary injunction request against the state of Minas Gerais and Taquaril Mineração S.A., an environmental legal action tracked in climate litigation case charts. She has been a persistent congressional voice against illegal mining, and in September 2026 she reported suffering attacks while investigating illegal mining operations.

In 2026 she was re-elected as federal deputy. That October she publicly announced she had requested the seizure of Flávio Bolsonaro's passport and called for his imprisonment following his electoral defeat, a move that spread quickly across social media. [edit]

For a federal deputy, Salabert cultivates a deliberately informal image. Her bios blend political titles with personal identifiers, a sun emoji, "Mãe da Sol," "Professora de literatura, ambientalista e vegana," and her social feeds mix committee work with hip-hop content and concert footage.

Media portray her as a trailblazing, combative progressive voice, and her confrontational stance toward the Bolsonaro family is a defining part of that persona. Conservative outlets frame her as a lightning rod in trans-rights debates, and the 2026 misgendering case involving influencer Bianca Barreto drew coverage across the political spectrum.

Her aesthetic is casual and modern rather than suit-and-tie institutional: short hair, plain shirts, a phone-first communication style. She looks like someone who might be teaching a literature class or standing in a crowd at a show, and that is part of the point. [edit]

iFANN has not yet collected fame data for Duda Salabert, so there is no published ranking to point to. That is a gap in the data, not a verdict on her reach: she is a national figure in Brazil with roughly 906,000 Instagram followers, a verified presence on X and Threads, and a name that surfaces in international coverage of trans politics from TIME to El País to The Advocate. She is not on the September 2026 iFAMOUS Rankings flagship list.

Her supporter base is political rather than fandom-style. There is no formal fan-club name, no organized streaming or billboard culture, no documented fan campaigns in the entertainment sense. What exists instead is a coalition of progressive, LGBTQ+ and environmental activists who follow her for the fights she picks: illegal mining, trans rights, education funding, and the Bolsonaro family.

The closest thing to fan culture around her is the way her more theatrical moves travel. Her October 2026 announcement that she had requested Flávio Bolsonaro's passport seizure and called for his imprisonment after his electoral defeat circulated widely on social media, shared by supporters as a kind of victory lap. Her appearance in the mosh pit at a Black Pantera show in Minas Gerais that same month got similar treatment, passed around as proof that she is not the usual kind of politician.

She engages back in the same register, posting directly, mixing political content with music and personal identifiers, and treating her social channels as the primary venue rather than a press office. It is a relationship built on recognition and shared causes more than on celebrity. [edit]

Her Threads bio reads "Mãe da Sol" (Sol's mother), and she has posted about maternity leave, mixing the ordinary logistics of parenting into a feed otherwise full of floor speeches and committee hearings.

In October 2026 she was photographed in the mosh pit at a Black Pantera show in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian metal and hardcore band. For a sitting federal deputy, it was an image that traveled.

Her self-description on social media stacks the identities deliberately: "Professora de literatura, ambientalista e vegana." Literature teacher, environmentalist and vegan, in that order, with the political title coming after.

One of the most-searched phrases attached to her name is "antes e depois" (before and after), a reflection of how publicly she has discussed her gender transition. She does not treat it as a secret to be managed.

A story that still circulates among her supporters is the 2018 Senate run itself: a first for a trans woman in Latin America, according to her own channel, and a loss that turned out to be the launchpad rather than the end. [edit]

Salabert is a mother to a daughter, Sol, and references her openly and often, including in her Threads bio. She has posted about maternity leave, and Sol appears in her public life as a named part of her identity rather than a hidden detail.

She was born and raised in Belo Horizonte, where she still lives and works when the Chamber is not sitting. Details about her parents and siblings are not widely documented in reliable sources, and she has kept that side of her life largely private.

Her household is small and centered on her daughter. She is a vegan, a fact she lists alongside her profession in her social bios, and the values she talks about publicly, environmental care, animal welfare, education, read as a family ethos as much as a political platform. [edit]

Erika Hilton, her fellow trailblazing trans federal deputy and joint TIME100 Next honoree in 2023. The PSOL–REDE federation and PSOL-MG, her party structures in the Chamber of Deputies. The band Black Pantera, a cultural connection after her 2026 mosh-pit appearance. And on the adversarial side, Flávio Bolsonaro and influencer Bianca Barreto, both of whom feature in her most-covered public clashes. [edit]

Duda Salabert has kept her romantic life almost entirely out of public view. Searches for "Duda Salabert esposa" (wife) are common enough to register as a recurring query, but no credible outlet documents a spouse, a marriage or a long-term partner. She has not confirmed a relationship publicly, and her social media, which is otherwise personal and direct, does not feature a partner.

What is documented is her role as a mother. She has a daughter, Sol, and references her constantly, including in her Threads bio, which reads "Mãe da Sol." She has posted about maternity leave. The identity of Sol's other parent has not been made public, and Salabert has not addressed it in interviews or posts.

As of 2026, she is publicly identified as a single mother and a sitting federal deputy. No relationship status has been announced or confirmed by her or by reliable sources. She has not been linked to any high-profile partner, and there is no record of a marriage or divorce in the public documentation.

For a politician whose life is otherwise heavily covered, the privacy around her dating life is notable and appears deliberate. Fans who follow her closely know her as Sol's mother first and a congresswoman second, and that is the extent of what she has chosen to share. [edit]

Duda Salabert is a sitting federal deputy, not a celebrity entrepreneur, and her finances reflect that. Her primary income is the public salary paid to members of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, a figure set by law and disclosed in official transparency portals. There are no published endorsement deals, no brand partnerships, no entertainment ventures and no real estate portfolio documented by credible outlets.

Research by the iFANN Editorial Team puts her current net worth at approximately $1 million, a figure that reflects a salaried political career, modest personal assets and the absence of the commercial income streams that inflate most celebrity estimates. She has held elected office since 2020 and federal office since 2023, and the accumulation of salary over those years is the main driver of whatever she has built.

Her income sources are narrow: the congressional salary, any teaching or speaking income she may have retained, and standard personal savings and investments. She does not appear in celebrity net-worth databases, and any figure circulating online should be treated as unverified. Brazilian politicians are required to file asset declarations, and her public record is consistent with a middle-class professional who entered politics from a teaching career rather than from business.

As of 2026, there is no indication of a significant change in her financial picture. She remains a federal deputy, her salary is public, and her public identity is built on activism rather than wealth. For a politician whose platform centers on inequality and public services, that is not an incidental detail. [edit]

Salabert's honors come from politics and civil society rather than entertainment. She was named to the TIME100 Next list in 2023 alongside Erika Hilton, recognized as an emerging leader. Her electoral record includes becoming the first transgender city councillor in Belo Horizonte's history in 2020 and one of the first two transgender federal deputies in Brazil's history in 2022. [edit]