Indianarae Alves Siqueira

Indianarae Alves Siqueira (Paranaguá, 18 May 1971) is a Brazilian activist, president of the Transrevolução group, founder and coordinator of CasaNem — a shelter for LGBTQ people in situations of social vulnerability, and PreparaNem, a community-based preparatory course for the ENEM exam for transgender people. They are the creator of the term "" . Two documentaries were made in their honor: , by Aude Chevalier-Beaumel and Marcelo Barbosa, and Your Mother's Comfort, by Adam Golub.

Biography An Indigenous person of Mbyá Guaraní ancestry, Siqueira began taking hormones at age 12. At 18, they left home and began wearing women's clothing, lived on the streets of São Paulo, and started prostituting themselves in Santos.

Activism and political life Indianarae Siqueira started CasaNem in Rio de Janeiro in 2015, in the Lapa neighborhood. Since September 2020, the shelter for LGBTQ people in situations of social vulnerability has been located in a property provided by the Rio de Janeiro state government in the Flamengo neighborhood, in the southern part of the city. Since November 2020, there has also been a CasaNem in Nova Iguaçu, in the Baixada Fluminense region. In total, the two houses together shelter approximately 50 people.

Siqueira ran for city councilor in the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Elections for the Socialism and Liberty Party in 2016 and for the Workers' Party in 2020 and 2024, being elected as an alternate councilor in the first two candidacies.

In 2019, the National Executive of the Socialism and Liberty Party expelled Indianarae Siqueira from the party. The measure was approved by the PSOL National Directorate based on an opinion from the party's National Ethics Committee, which considered that the consolidation of CasaNem took place in the space where Casa Nuvem, a space for art and social activism, existed, and that it occurred through the violent expulsion of the founders from the site and threats against them, using methods contrary to the ethical principles defended by PSOL. The expulsion caused an uproar from the Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais

Indianarae is vegan and anti-capitalist.