Alessandra Ramos Makkeda Explained

Alessandra Ramos Makkeda
Birth Date:	8 October 1981
Birth Place:	Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Death Place:	Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Occupation:	Human Rights Activist, adviser, translator, interpreter

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 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.^[7]

Notes and References

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