Alessandra Ramos Makkeda
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationHuman Rights Activist

Alessandra Ramos Makkeda was a Brazilian human rights defender and a prominent activist on LGBTI issues.[1][2][3][4][5]

Alessandra was born in 1981[6] in Brasilia and lives in Rio de Janeiro. She is a trans woman and an LGBTI activist, and works as a translator and interpreter in several languages, including sign language. Alessandra is 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 she helped 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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "GLOBAL WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON THE UNSUNG WOMEN DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD SHARE". Amnesty USA. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "No equality without economic opportunity – overcoming barriers to minority youth participation in economic life". Minority Rights. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "AQ Afro-Descendant Innovators: Alessandra Ramos, Brazil". Tom Correia. Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Transexual que fala cinco línguas lembra busca por emprego: 'Mais de 60 lugares". Portuguese. .globo.com. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Editing to Raise the Profile of Women". Us News. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Resistência Arco-Íris - Alessandra Ramos Makkeda, Presente!". resistenciaarcoiris.ensp.fiocruz.br. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  7. ↑ "The Wire". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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