Who is Erika Hilton?
Erika Hilton was born in 1992 in Franco da Rocha, São Paulo state, and studied pedagogy. She was elected a São Paulo city councillor for the PSOL in 2020 and a federal deputy in 2022, when she and Duda Salabert became the first trans members of the Chamber. In 2024 she led the PSOL-REDE federation bench, and since March 2026 she has chaired the Women's Rights Committee. On 4 October 2026 she was re-elected with over 1.5 million votes, the most for a woman in the Chamber's history, according to Congresso em Foco. A new term begins on 1 February 2027.
Previously: Chair of the Chamber's Committee on Women's Rights (since March 2026) · Leader of the PSOL-REDE federation bench in the Chamber (February 2024 to February 2025) · São Paulo city councillor (2021-2023)
Documented positions
- She is among the authors of PEC 8/2025, cutting the working week to four days, which was shelved after the Chamber approved the main 6x1 amendment, PEC 221/2019, on 27 May 2026.Source: camara.leg.br
- She sits on the special committee on ending the 6x1 schedule and said in October 2026 that the reform could advance if voted this year.Source: congressoemfoco.com.br
- She authored PL 2479/2025 on minimum pay for delivery-platform workers and mototaxi drivers, and PLP 15/2025 to take school-feeding funds out of the fiscal cap.Source: dadosabertos.camara.leg.br
- Her bills include a national mental-health policy for trans and travesti people (PL 130/2025) and a national policy to combat environmental racism (PL 5286/2025).Source: dadosabertos.camara.leg.br
- She authored PL 971/2025, which would create a commercial reciprocity policy toward foreign countries or economic blocs.Source: dadosabertos.camara.leg.br
- In October 2026 she criticised how the PSOL spent campaign money, backed a federation with the PT and said she might join the PT in 2027 if necessary.Source: congressoemfoco.com.br
- Asked about the presidency on 6 October 2026, she did not rule out a future run and said she would do what is essential for Brazil to one day see a trans person as president.Source: gazetadopovo.com.br
Record
In the Chamber she has focused on labour, anti-discrimination and social-spending bills, and her special-committee seats cover the 6x1 amendment and the AI bill. Her four-day-week amendment was shelved once the broader 6x1 amendment passed the Chamber on 27 May 2026. The PSOL-REDE federation failed to clear the electoral threshold in October 2026, so it will lose regular access to the party fund and free broadcast time from 2027, according to Congresso em Foco.
Supporters point to her record vote and her labour agenda. Opponents on the right are in open conflict with her: she says PL deputies Nikolas Ferreira and Lucas Pavanato have attacked her in transphobic ways, and a 2025 remark by Ferreira about her led to a request for collective moral damages, according to Politize.
In their words
“Eu farei o que for essencial para que o Brasil um dia enxergue uma pessoa trans, LGBT, como sendo presidente do país.”
