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Brazilian Veterinary Student Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison for Social Media Comments on Gender Ideology
ADF International ^ | 2/9/26 | ADF International

Posted on 02/13/2026 5:57:06 AM PST by MAGA2017

BRASÍLIA (9 February 2026) — A Brazilian woman, Isadora Borges, is facing criminal prosecution after posting comments on social media expressing her views on gender ideology, exposing her to a possible prison sentence of four to ten years.

In November 2020, Isadora Borges made two posts on X (then Twitter), peacefully expressing her views against gender ideology. One comment stated that “transgender” women “were obviously born male.” Another stated: “A person who identifies as transgender retains their birth DNA. No surgery, synthetic hormone, or clothing change will change this fact…”

Her comments quickly gained attention online, and prompted Erika Hilton, a self-described “transgender” politician, to report Borges for “transphobia” to the federal police.

In September 2025, Borges was notified of the criminal charges brought against her. She was accused of two counts of transphobia, with each count carrying a punishment of 2-5 years in prison. The case is now moving to trial, with a hearing date set for tomorrow, February 10.

“No one should face a decade behind bars for expressing an opinion on a matter of public concern,” said Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel for ADF International, which is providing legal support to Borges. “Weaponising Brazil’s expansive ‘transphobia’ laws to punish peaceful expression is a profound violation of freedom of speech.”

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Unreal.
1 posted on 02/13/2026 5:57:06 AM PST by MAGA2017
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One comment stated that “transgender” women “were obviously born male.” Another stated: “A person who identifies as transgender retains their birth DNA. No surgery, synthetic hormone, or clothing change will change this fact…”

This is what gets you arrested in Brazil - stating facts.

2 posted on 02/13/2026 6:00:16 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: MAGA2017

2-5 years per offense of “Transphobia”. Imagine what this actual peaceful protester would get if she assaulted a Brazilian Federal officer. That’s what’s coming here if more commies get elected.


3 posted on 02/13/2026 6:03:23 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: MAGA2017

Fahrenheit 451 popped into my head....


4 posted on 02/13/2026 6:05:34 AM PST by bertmerc1
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To: MAGA2017

Oh she's NOT GUILTY!!!

5 posted on 02/13/2026 6:06:57 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: MAGA2017

For years I was warning folks that the speech codes in Western Europe on one topic (that still shall not be mentioned) would spread around the world and cover many other topics.

Once free speech is no longer a shared value everybody is at risk.


6 posted on 02/13/2026 6:11:23 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: MAGA2017

Meanwhile, the muzzies are taking over the world in the meantime. This will not end well.


7 posted on 02/13/2026 6:15:18 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: MAGA2017
This is s psychological technique pioneered by the Soviets and later the Chinese for social control.

Force people to reject obvious basic truths and openly accept equally open and obvious lies under threat of serious oppression is a powerful tool for demoralizing people and breaking them down. It was an integral part of the “brain washing” process.

We are seeing things go down these days that are literally unreal.

8 posted on 02/13/2026 6:22:50 AM PST by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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And that’s why I just tell people I’m Mar-Venusian. Mother from Venus and dad from Mars. That usually just stops them dead in their tracks. Unsure if it’s the cross cultural back ground or that there was life on other planets that ended up on Earth.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

9 posted on 02/13/2026 6:24:14 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: rdcbn1

Good post—this is now used by most governments around the world in some form.

The words or topics may differ from region to region—but the concept is the same.

The message—”We rule and you peons drool. Deal with it.”

That censorship/mind control can come from governments or non government organizations that have the power to get people fired or intimidate them in other ways.


10 posted on 02/13/2026 6:25:34 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Truth = hate...

to somebody.


11 posted on 02/13/2026 6:26:45 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: MAGA2017

Opinion? Reads more like fact.


12 posted on 02/13/2026 6:27:10 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Eh Tu Brazil?


13 posted on 02/13/2026 6:28:44 AM PST by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: rdcbn1

Yes! See: Yuri Bezmenov’s interview on (I believe) 60 Minutes, many years ago.


14 posted on 02/13/2026 6:29:59 AM PST by cld51860 ("This business will get out of control...")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Jeez, it’s a crime against humanity to state certain facts like these?

This is an absurd world we live in, isn’t it.

Where is the so call transphobia? Nothing was said that is hateful or negative about transgenders. These are just some facts about transgenders.


15 posted on 02/13/2026 6:31:57 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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“No one should face a decade behind bars for expressing an opinion on a matter of public concern,” said Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel for ADF International, which is providing legal support to Borges.

It wasn’t even opinion, it was fact.

Weaponising Brazil’s expansive ‘transphobia’ laws to punish peaceful expression is a profound violation of freedom of speech.”

Brazil has laws pretty much saying that those freaks are to be lionized? That’s crazy. Our leftists here must salivate at the thought.

16 posted on 02/13/2026 6:42:07 AM PST by Allegra (We will not be emotionally blackmailed into backing off what we voted for. )
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To: MAGA2017
Proof, once again, that the world we "live in" has seriously been "Jacked Around" when it comes to "FREEDOM."


17 posted on 02/13/2026 6:43:45 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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The US needs to sanction the UK and Brazil as hard as it sanctions Russia.


18 posted on 02/13/2026 6:44:27 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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The world gone completely INSANE


19 posted on 02/13/2026 6:49:23 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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Twenty years for printing a true statement. If this is the end result, what is left to stop people from just killing them instead of speaking the truth? This is the reason kidnapping and child molestation do not carry the death penalty. The idea is the perp would have no reason to spare the victim if he knew he would get the death penalty.


20 posted on 02/13/2026 6:52:41 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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