Region: Latin America

For the past five years, we have supported Indigenous Amazonians in Peru, Ecuador and Brazil in their fight against deforestation, environmental degradation and the violation of their rights.

When you put pink and light blue on a black background they get brighter. This is also the way Madame Bite, a trans woman, helps make the world a bit nicer through music.

On social media, a perfect space for even more visibility, Theo uses his Tik Tok account ‘the visibles’ to inform, educate and create reference points for others. “I didn’t realize how important being visible was until I started my transition.

Vale Cabrera was tricked into undergoing an “anti-gay” exorcism at the hands of people she trusted who thought she was possessed by demons. But by getting over this traumatic experience, she discovered her true self.

Leida is a representative of the Latin American Platform of Sex Workers (PLAPERTS) in Hivos’ Positive Leadership Alliance and Key Populations (ALEP) project. She is also an activist, mother and sex worker.