{"id":83219,"date":"2026-01-12T17:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=83219"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:28:40","slug":"brazilian-influencer-under-criminal-investigation-by-police-for-criticizing-gender-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/brazilian-influencer-under-criminal-investigation-by-police-for-criticizing-gender-ideology","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian influencer\u00a0under criminal investigation\u00a0by police\u00a0for criticizing gender ideology\u00a0online\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"83219\" class=\"elementor elementor-83219\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539d5e91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539d5e91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a163d9\" data-id=\"4a163d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cab196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63cab196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>Brazilian social media commentator Nine Borges subjected to criminal investigation by federal police for alleged \u201ctransphobia\u201d after posting a video critical of gender ideology.<\/li>\n  <li>Borges\u2019 case highlights a broader trend of government efforts in Brazil to censor peaceful online expression; ADF International supports her legal defence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70434216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70434216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-1024x760.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81636\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-1536x1139.png 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-2-2048x1519.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6088bc9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6088bc9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>BRASILIA (12 January 2026)<\/b> \u2014 A UK-based Brazilian social media commentator is under police investigation in Brazil after posting an online video criticizing public officials for using government money to fund pro-LGBT NGOs in Brazil. Nine Borges is a UK-based scientific consultant with 265,000 followers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nine.borg\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>, where she is a prominent critic of transgender ideology. In a short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C_d_kT-N-B7\/\">online video<\/a> posted to Instagram in September 2024, in which she spoke to the camera from her home, she drew attention to concerns about the financing and influence of pro-LGBT organisations in Brazil and included criticism of Symmy Larrat, Brazil\u2019s LGBT National Secretary. The video drew nearly 15,000 likes and 180,000 views. Larrat is a man who identifies as a woman and describes himself on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larratsymmy\">social media<\/a> using explicit terminology. After Larrat filed a complaint over the video, Borges was summoned for questioning by the Federal Police of Brasilia in October. She is now being investigated for alleged \u201ctransphobia\u201d and \u201cdefamation.\u201d Authorities have recommended the investigation move forward to formal prosecution. ADF International is providing legal support to Borges as a result of the investigation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d923fac elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"7d923fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"No one should face criminal investigation simply for expressing their views about government policy. The attempt to classify peaceful criticism as \u2018transphobia\u2019 represents a serious threat to freedom of speech, which is already so imperiled in Brazil.<\/span> The authorities must ensure that fundamental rights are protected, not punished.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel at ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f697e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f697e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cNo one should face criminal investigation simply\u00a0for expressing\u00a0their views about government policy. The attempt to classify peaceful criticism as \u2018transphobia\u2019\u00a0represents\u00a0a serious threat to freedom of speech, which is already so imperiled\u00a0in Brazil. The authorities must ensure that fundamental rights are protected, not punished,\u201d said Julio Pohl,\u00a0legal counsel\u00a0at\u00a0ADF International.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4323be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4323be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74524129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74524129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBorges\u00a0is a Brazilian social media commentator who currently\u00a0resides\u00a0in the UK. In September 2024, she published a video\u00a0on Instagram\u00a0drawing public attention to concerns about\u00a0the\u00a0financing and influence of pro-LGBT\u00a0organisations\u00a0in Brazil. The video included criticism of a high-ranking government official.\u00a0\n\nShortly afterward, Brazil\u2019s LGBT National Secretary filed a complaint, and authorities opened a\u00a0criminal\u00a0investigation. In August 2025, Borges received formal notice that she was being investigated for \u201ctransphobia\u201d and \u201cdefamation,\u201d prompting her summons to appear before police on October\u00a07,\u00a02025.\u00a0\u00a0The following month, on November 5, police informed Borges that they would recommend moving the investigation forward to formal prosecution for \u201ctransphobia\u201d and \u201cmisgendering\u201d the LGBT Secretary\u2014an official who self-describes as a \u201ctransvestite\u201d and \u201cprostitute.\u201d Borges had used these same terms in her commentary, and police cited this as the basis for pursuing prosecution.\u00a0\n\nA 2019 ruling from Brazil\u2019s Supreme Federal Tribunal\u00a0established\u00a0\u201ctransphobia\u201d and \u201chomophobia\u201d as crimes, punishable with up to five years of jail time per count.\u00a0Overstepping\u00a0Congress, the Court\u00a0created a crime without\u00a0observing\u00a0the\u00a0legal\u00a0and\u00a0democratic process.\u00a0Since\u00a0then, numerous cases have emerged across Brazil in which individuals were charged with \u201ctransphobia\u201d for simply sharing their beliefs.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nIn 2025, social media influencer Isabella Cepa faced criminal investigations for her online\u00a0post\u00a0about gender ideology. In another case,\u00a0Assemblies of God\u00a0Pastor\u00a0Douglas Baptista\u00a0faced criminal charges for authoring a book with a Christian view of sexuality.\u00a0His case was legally supported by ADF International.\u00a0Charges in both cases were dropped, but they\u00a0remain\u00a0evidence of the broader, chilling\u00a0trend of government efforts in Brazil to censor peaceful online expression.\u00a0\n\n\u201cI spoke out because the public deserves to know what is happening in their own country. I will not be intimidated for sharing my views online. I have the right to question powerful officials. Brazilians everywhere should have the same freedom without fear of investigation or arrest,\u201d said Nine Borges.\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223067e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"223067e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growing Pattern of Censorship in Brazil <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0df2045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0df2045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International human rights law guarantees the right to express ideas without fear of criminal investigation or prosecution, including criticism of public officials. ADF International represents <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/brazil-censorship-iachr\">five Brazilian legislators<\/a> (Senator Eduardo Girao and members of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Van Hattem, Adriana Ventura, Gilson Marques, and Ricardo Salles) before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The legislators are challenging the violations of their free speech rights before the Commission. They claim violations of their rights under the Convention, including their freedom of expression, as a result of escalating state censorship which reached a head with last year\u2019s X ban in Brazil during the municipal elections period. 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