Adrian (he/him), Director of the International Social Justice Program at the Arcus Foundation in New York, is a human rights advocate known for his role in the repeal of Romania’s anti-gay law and his landmark EU case Coman v. Romania, which recognized same-sex spouses under free movement law.

Alex (ella/elle) is a psychologist and researcher whose work focuses on topics such as sexual diversity, gender-based violence, and mental health. With extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, she has led high-impact studies on violence, mental health, and migration among LGBTIQ+ individuals. They are also the author of the book “República de Invisibles: Políticas, ciudadanía y activismos LGBTIQ”, published in 2022, which offers a historical and contemporary overview of the LGBTIQ+ movement. Currently, Alex serves as Executive Director at @masigualdadpe, where she leads projects aimed at promoting and defending the rights of LGBTIQ+ people. They are a prominent bisexual activist in the region.

Erix (they/elle) is a trans non-binary queer feminist and anti-racist anthropologist and philanthropic advocate from Colombia. Currently serving as Philanthropic Advocacy & Learnings Strategic Coordinator at Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAULAC).

Fernando (he/his) is a founding member and Co-Executive Director of Akahatá, an organization based in Buenos Aires that brings together South American activists working on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and sexual rights. He holds a diploma in Gender, Society, and Public Policies, and a master’s degree in Political Science and Sociology. For more than 25 years, he has worked as an activist and researcher on human rights issues related to sexuality and gender, including LGBTI+ communities, sex workers, and people living with HIV/AIDS, among others.

Lorena (she/her/ella) is a Community Social Psychologist. She works at Hivos as the Business Development Manager for Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Latin America. She has supported dialogue processes and the creation of gender-focused methodologies and tools to counter hate speech, anti-rights, and fundamentalist narratives through a transformative, facilitative, and respectful approach that values local, cultural, and individual contexts—placing people’s power at the center of discussions, especially that of cis and trans women and young people in the region.

Matilda (ella) is a lawyer graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes, holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from American University, Washington College of Law. She has worked with the Rapporteurship on the Rights of LGBTI Persons at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). She is currently working at the UBPD and training as an actress and writer.

Pau (él) is a trans masculine leader and LGBTQI+ rights advocate from Panama. He co-founded Hombres Trans Panamá, the country’s first transmasculine group, and PFLAG-Panamá, the first association for families and allies of LGBTQI+ people. For the past six years, he has led strategic litigation on gender identity rights, including a 2024 complaint before the IACHR challenging Panama’s medical-legal requirements for gender marker changes as cruel and degrading treatment. Internationally, Pau has represented Panama in the Human Rights Campaign’s Global Innovators Program, the UN Human Rights Council through RFSL’s Rainbow Advocacy Program and Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Harvard University Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program. He currently serves on the grantmaking panel of the International Trans Fund and also coordinates the Trans Masculine Memory Project, documenting the lives of trans men over 40 in Latin America. In 2025, he was named International Grand Marshal of Toronto Pride.

Rosalba (ella/elle) was born in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic, in 1990. They are a lesbian, feminist, non-binary activist, human rights defender, and consultant. They hold a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the Universidad Acción Pro Educación y Cultura (APEC) and are currently pursuing a specialization in the Management of International Cooperation for Development at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO).

They have over 15 years of solid experience in social work focused on people in situations of social vulnerability, sexual diversities, and capacity building for social activism.

In the social and cooperative field, they founded COLESDOM on March 28, 2017 — a non-profit organization that brings together, through six coordinated areas, lesbians, bisexual women, transmasculine, intersex, and queer people, as well as adolescents who challenge traditional female gender roles assigned at birth in the Dominican Republic. On September 14, 2021, in response to the crisis caused by COVID-19 and the economic discrimination faced by the community, they co-founded the Cooperativa de Ahorro, Crédito y Servicios Múltiples Diversa (COOPDIVERSA).
They currently serve as the Executive Director of COLESDOM and President of the Supervisory Board of COOPDIVERSA.