Reduxx has news from Brazil:

A trans-identified male politician who previously attempted to have a woman imprisoned for “misgendering” him was elected as president of the Women’s Rights Committee. Felipe Santos Silva, who has adopted the name Erika Hilton, told the Chamber of Deputies that the Committee should focus on women “without exception in their dignity and plurality,” and included transvestites in his definition.

Plurality is one thing and calling men “women” is another.

“We will discuss projects here, we will discuss the lives of women here, we will remember that, whether they like it or not, cis women, trans woman and travestis [transvestites] will not be abandoned in this discussion, and I don’t care about anyone’s wishes,” Hilton, of the Socialism and Liberty Party, stated.

That’s a good stance for a political figure to take. Not caring about anyone’s wishes is the straight road to popularity and landslide elections.

Upon accepting the role of President of the Women’s Rights Commission, Hilton blasted his critics as “LGBTphobes” and “defenders of pedophilia.”

Sir, sir, sir, you’re taking a role that should be a woman’s. You shouldn’t do that, nor should you bully the women who tell you you shouldn’t do that.