Tchinda Andrade

Tchinda Andrade (1979 – 29 November 2024) was a Cape Verdean LGBT activist and event manager. Andrade was the first trans woman in Cape Verde to come out publicly and quickly became a leading figure in the country's LGBT community, with the country's trans women coming to be known colloquially as "tchindas". Since her coming out, LGBT rights in Cape Verde have experienced notable progress, with the country becoming the most LGBT-friendly in Africa. Andrade has also become a leading organiser of the carnival on her island of São Vicente, which was the subject of the 2015 documentary Tchindas.