With Aïda Yancy, Benoît Cascade, Amanda Paschoal, Diego Oliveira
Aïda Yancy:
Aïda Yancy is a queer, anti-racist, and feminist activist based in Brussels, working in the defense of human rights at both local and international levels.
Trained as a historian, she specializes in gender issues, LGBTQI+ rights, anti-racism, safe spaces, and intersectionality.
She has worked across multiple sectors — public, private, associative, and political — and currently acts as a trainer, consultant, research coordinator, project manager, policy advocate, and doula.
Benoît Cascade:
Benoît Cascade is the Chief Financial and Development Officer of the Le Refuge Foundation, an institution dedicated to preventing the isolation and suicide of LGBT+ youth aged 14 to 25 who are victims of homophobia, transphobia, or family rejection.
His work focuses on inclusion, protection, and support for young people in vulnerable situations.
Luana Alves:
Luana Alves is a Black feminist, healthcare worker, and psychologist graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP), with a specialization in Public Health. She worked in primary healthcare units in São Paulo’s West Zone and took part in the movement that secured racial and social quotas at the university. A member of Rede Emancipa, a popular education network offering free prep courses in the city’s outskirts, she is a voice for anti-racist, feminist, antifascist, LGBTQIA+, and pro–public education and universal healthcare causes. Elected city councilor in São Paulo for PSOL in 2020, she was re-elected in 2024 with 83,262 votes.
Diego Oliveira:
Diego Oliveira is a Brazilian LGBT+ civil rights activist, currently serving as Cultural Director and Fundraising & Partnerships Manager at APOLGBT-SP — the São Paulo Association of the LGBT Pride Parade, the NGO responsible for organizing the São Paulo LGBT+ Pride Parade (more information at www.paradasp.org.br).
Trained in education, he works in fundraising and partnership development for the nonprofit sector, has taught courses at Fundação CASA and the Recomeço project, and has worked in administrative areas of both basic and specialized health care in São Paulo.
He has completed cultural and human rights exchange programs in New York City and Abuja, Nigeria, where he collaborated with UN Women Nigeria, the Brazilian Embassy, and the local Nigerian community.
He is also an ultramarathon runner and performer, known for his drag persona Lindinha.
