Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus (born March 7, 1978) is a Brazilian psychologist, writer, and LGBT activist.

Biography

Jesus is the daughter of a computer operator and a mining science teacher. She has a sibling, a younger brother. Jesus lived most of her life in

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. A good student, she studied chemistry, for a year before switching majors. She holds an M.Sc. in Psychology from the

University of Brasília The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...

, and a PhD in Social Psychology, Work and Organisations from the same institution. She worked at the University of Brasília from 2003-2008 as a diversity adviser and also coordinated a center for black students. She was one of the organizers of Brasilia's Pride parade, and participated in the development of Brazil's goals for the UN's Millennium Dome. Jesus has proactively addressed discriminatory actions, refusing to accept passive prejudice. She began her human rights activism in 1997, with "Estructuración", a Brasilia homosexual group, serving first as secretary and in 1999, became president. In that period, she worked alongside government and educational institutions, in fighting prejudice and valuing differences, speaking at the opening of the 5th National Conference on Human Rights. Jesus participated in various social movements. In 2000, with

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, she co-founded the Academic Association of Gays, Lesbians and Sympathizers of Brazil, serving as general secretary. She was appointed to the editorial board of the Grupo Gay Negro de Bahia; and founded the NGO Acciones Ciudades en Orientación sexual.

Key publications

* ''Homofobia : identificar e prevenir'', 2015 (''tr. "homophobia: identifying and preventing"'') * ''Ainda que tardia : escravidão e liberdade no Brasil contemporâneo'', 2016 (''tr. "Although late: slavery and freedom in contemporary Brazil"'')

References

Bibliography

* Norma Mogrovejo. 2000. ''Un amor que se atrevió a decir su nombre: la lucha de las lesbianas y su relación con los movimientos homosexual y feminista en América Latina''. (''tr. "A love that dared to speak its name: the struggle of lesbians and their relationship with the homosexual and feminist movements in Latin America"'') Ed. Plaza y Valdes. 397 pp. 1978 births People from Brasília Brazilian psychologists Brazilian women psychologists Brazilian non-fiction writers Transgender women writers Brazilian LGBT rights activists 21st-century Brazilian women writers 21st-century Brazilian writers Living people Brazilian LGBT writers Travestis Brazilian transgender women LGBT psychologists {{LGBT-activist-stub