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Alessandra Ramos Makkeda
Human rights activist (1981–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alessandra Ramos Makkeda (October 8, 1981 – May 15, 2022) was a Brazilian human rights defender and a prominent activist on LGBTI issues.[1][2]
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Alessandra was born in 1981[3] in Brasília and lived in Rio de Janeiro. She was a trans woman and an LGBTI activist, and worked as a translator and interpreter in several languages, including Brazilian Sign Language. Alessandra was a member of Transrevolução, a Rio-based group that fights discrimination and promotes discussions of lesbian, gay and transgender issues. As one of the co-ordinators of the National Forum for Afro-Brazilian transgender people, she helped to organize the first National Black Trans Forum in Porto Alegre in 2015. Alessandra died on May 15, 2022, in her native Brazil, after a sudden illness.[4]
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