Community

João W. Nery, was a Brazilian writer, psychologist, and LGBT activist. He is known to be the first transgender man to have undergone gender reassignment surgery in Brazil; it took place in 1977.

Data about this community

61% of Brazilian LGBTI+ people have to hide their sexuality at the companies they work for because of fear of losing their jobs. The trans community is the most affected - 90% of trans people in Brazil work in prostitution because they have an immense difficult on finding other jobs.

Sources: Center for Talent Innovation, 2016/Antra, 2017.

Community Leaders

Zé  Zorzan

Brittany Patterson

Squads

Rainbow Squad

Leaders:
Laura Pound 
Tassia Dias 

Pepita

Leaders:
Ari Figueiredo
Mitzy Garcia​ 

Vittar lovers

Leaders:
Arantxa Carolina 
Mauricio Baltazar

Janelle Monae

Leaders:
Natália Nunes
Pedro Miranda

Project

Teacher education and training programs for the trans community. The organization already develops education and training programs and makes some leadership training for the LGBTQIA+ community. With the money raised they will be able to invest in these programs and train more students.