"[6] Soon after coming out, Andrade was assaulted at a concert in Praia, leaving her scarred,[5] with the singer Cesaria Evora paying for her medical bills.
[8] According to Catalan journalist Marc Serena, the small, close-knit community of São Vicente provided a fertile environment for the development of a more tolerant culture.
[9] Cape Verdean sociologist Claudia Rodrigues has additionally attributed the country's LGBT tolerance to its history of gender equality, which was established through the feminist policies of the anti-colonial leader Amílcar Cabral.
[4] Andrade quickly became a leading figure within the country's LGBT community, gaining enough fame that Cape Verdean trans people are now colloquially referred to as "tchindas".
[5] In 2011, Andrade and other transgender activists established the Cape Verdean Gay Association (AGC), which aimed to provide visibility for the country's LGBT community.
"[1] In 2013, Marc Serena and Pablo Garcia Perez de Lara made a film focusing on Andrade and other LGBT organisers of the Mindelo carnival.