Linn da Quebrada (Double entendre in Portuguese, in English: ''Linn from the Hood'' or "Broken Beauty") is the stage name of Lina Pereira dos Santos, a Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter, and television personality.

Life

Lina Pereira was born in 1990 and grew up in a religious family of

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. Her mother was a

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from

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, and her father left the family when she was 7 years old. Under the stage name Linn da Quebrada, Pereira's music became known in Brazil after she released a

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song titled in May 2016. The lyrics of the song made fun of

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and

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. Its initial success took place on YouTube. After

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praised Pereira's music and asked her to join the boycott of Israel, Pereira agreed to do so, stating that "music is also a response to the present ..what we are living, what we are building and what we want to build". She was involved in founding the Associação de Travestis de Santo André. In 2021, at age 30, Pereira got

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s. She described them to ''

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'' as a symbol of transformation, saying that she wanted people to look at her and recognize her as a travesti. In 2022, she said she has a

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Music

In 2017, Linn da Quebrada released an album titled ''Pajubá'', which she described as "afro-funk-vogue". , Quebrada was preparing to release a second album titled ''Trava Linguas''.

''TransMissão''

In June 2021, the third season of the talk show ''TransMissão'' began, cohosted by Linn da Quebrada and on

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. The guest in the first episode was

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Recognition

In 2017, Linn da Quebrada was one of four trans people featured in the documentary ("My Body Is Political"), directed by Alice Riff. A

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documentary titled , named after a track on an album by Linn da Quebrada, focused on her performance and identity. An English version was released in 2018 under the title ''

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''.

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described ''Tranny Fag'' in ''

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'' as " ninteresting, limited study", characterizing Quebrada as "an almost inexhaustible self-dramatiser". In the documentary, Quebrada describes herself as a " Molotov faggot". In August 2018, Quebrada was featured in a film by ''

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'', directed by Valter Carvalho.

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, then the magazine's guest editor, described her as "honest and assertive" and noted that she addressed issues including "race, sexuality, sex work and the politics of her transgender identity." In June 2021, Quebrada was featured alongside

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on the cover of Vogue Brasil as a celebration of

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. She appeared with Liniker in

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(Manhãs de Setembro) later that same month.

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