The widow of a bisexual Rio de Janeiro councilwoman who was murdered in 2018 was elected to the city’s council on Sunday. Brazilian media reports indicate Mônica Benício ran for the Rio City Council as a member of the leftist Socialism and Liberty Party.
Benício finished 11th among the candidates who ran with 22,999 votes. She noted her support of LGBTQ rights ahead of Sunday’s election. “We are elected,” proclaimed Benício in a tweet after she won. “The City Council will have an openly lesbian councilwoman!
I am very grateful to the more than 22,000 people who voted for a future feminist and anti-fascist mandate for the Rio City Council!