Alexya Salvador

Alexya Lucas Evangelista Salvador (born 1980) is a Brazilian teacher and reverend. She was ordained in 2019, becoming the first transgender reverend in Latin America. She was additionally the first trans woman to adopt a child in Brazil.

Personal life Alexya Lucas Evangelista Salvador was born on November 18, 1980, in Mairiporã, Brazil. Her parents were Catholic but non-practicing, and at the age of seven she begged them to take her to church. She was bullied at school.

When Salvador was young, and before she realized that she was transgender, she wanted to be a priest. She joined a seminary, and enjoyed attending Canção Nova events, but was made uncomfortable by anti-LGBT rhetoric. As a result, she decided that she would not become a priest, leaving the seminary but continuing to attend church. She eventually left the Catholic Church. Salvador is the oldest of three siblings, and wanted to have three children.

In 2015, Salvador was appointed as an assistant pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church in São Paulo.

In 2018, Salvador campaigned to be a state representative for São Paulo with the Socialism and Liberty Party

Recognition In June 2021, a documentary film titled ("God is a Woman") was scheduled to appear at a Docs in Progress event during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Bárbara Cunha, explores the life and trajectory of Alexya Salvador.