Monica Benicio
Brazil
33, a Brazilian lesbian activist born and raised in the Maré favela in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She is a human rights activist, feminist, militant LGBTI, city planner at PUC-Rio, where she also teaches about violence and the right to the city. Since the murder of her partner Marielle Franco on March 14 2018, in Brazil, Monica Benicio has done a tremendous work raising attention on this issue of violence against activists in the media. A lot of international publications have covered the followings of the murder of Marielle Franco and interviewed Monica Benico on LGBT issues in Brazil.
My Sessions
(Re)claiming our lesbian bodies and spaces: Safety and Security
Opening Ceremony
Which place for lesbian journalists and dyke stories in this machomedia world?
Monica Benicio
Alice Coffin
Léa Lootgieter
Manuela Kay
Clémence Allezard
Pierrette Pyram
Dorka Szekeres
Anna Szlavi
Svitlana Iukhymovych
Chantal Van den Bossche
This session will welcome fabulous media activists and lesbian journalists from Brazil, France, Hungary, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Germany. The activists will tell us how they managed to make sure the media cover some issues related to lesbian rights and activism. The lesbian journalists will explain how to survive as a lesbian journalist in a […]