Marcelly Morena

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Marcelly Morena
Bornc.1986[1][2][3]
Duque de Caxias[2][3]
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationSinger[4][5]
Known forSamba dancer

Marcelly Morena (born c.1986) is a Brazilian singer and samba dancer who, in 2016, became the first transgender woman to dance as a passista in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival.[2][3][4][5] Passistas lead a marching band for the entire length of the Carnival parade.

Morena was born in and grew up in Duque de Caxias,[2][3] a suburb city of Rio de Janeiro, and danced from a young age.[1] By the age of nine, she felt out of place in the male body she was born with.[2][3] She left home by sixteen[3] and was alienated from her family because her father did not accept her gender identity.[2] Later, she would visit her mother, who provided her with women's clothes and makeup.[2]

As a singer, Morena formerly performed as part of a transgender group named As Peguetes,[6] and more recently performs as half of the funk duo Karlos & Marcelly Morena.[5][6]

In 2016, she was invited by her Samba school Acadêmicos do Grande Rio to dance as their Carnival passista.[5]

In 2018, she became a spokesperson for Rio Sem Homophobia ("Rio without homophobia"), an education and outreach program by Rio's Centro de Cidadania LGBT ("LGBT Citizenship Centre").[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hernanz, Clara (2016-02-14). "The Trans Trailblazer Dancing Samba at This Year's Rio Carnival". Vice. Vice Media. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Primeira passista trans do Brasil 'samba na cara' do preconceito". Veja. Editora Abril. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Marcelly Morena, primera 'passista' transgénero del sambódromo". El Diario Vasco. Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  4. ^ a b "Marcelly Morena, primeira passista trans da história da Grande Rio, dispara: 'Machismo é uma grande palhaçada'". SRzd. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Marcelly Morena, primeira passista trans da história da Grande Rio, divulgará programa "Rio sem Homofobia"". AgenciaRede. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  6. ^ a b "Conheça Karlos & Marcelly Morena, a dupla que promete revolucionar o funk". R7. Rádio e Televisão Record. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2019-05-22.

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