Atena Beauvoir Roveda is a Brazilian writer and politician. She became the first openly transgender councilwoman elected in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, as a member of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT).
Biography Roveda earned a bachelor's degree in Education and Philosophy from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) and a master's degree in Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
She wrote her first book, Libertê: Poesia, Filosofia e Transantropologia, in 2015, where she coined the term "transanthropology". In 2018 she published Contos Transantropológicos, a collection comprising 31 short stories.
Political career Roveda was sworn in as a councillor on the Porto Alegre City Council, replacing Councillor Márcio Bins Ely, in 2022 as a member of the Democratic Labour Party.
In 2024, Roveda joined the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), through which she was re-elected the following year.
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