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Megg Rayara is the first black transvestite with a Ph.D. in Education in Brazil. She is a Brazilian professor of Universidade Federal do Parana, researcher, author, and artist. In 2019, she becames an honorary citizen of Curitiba.

With an empowered search, the independence of thought, which she conquered throughout a life beset by prejudice, led her to question in her doctoral thesis a part of Michel Foucault's theory (whom, full of intimacy, Megg calls a "white fag”; Foucault was homosexual). The author reflects on power devices in society to control individuals and keep them tied to social standards, such as homophobia, which persecutes homosexuals, or chauvinism, which represses women's rights. "I realized, in the research, that in Brazil, this context can contribute to empowering these individuals instead of keeping them silent, as Foucault suggests," says Megg, who is a practical example of the theory itself: the repressions she suffered only strengthened her identity. It did not prevent her from even earning a doctoral degree.

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