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Janaína Dutra (Canindé, 1961 — Fortaleza, February 8, 2004), was a Brazilian social activist, recognized transvestite leader of the LGBT movement in Brazil.[1][2]

Janaina Dutra
Birth
1961
Canindé, Ceará
Death
February 8, 2004 (43 years old)
Fortaleza, ceara
Nationality
Brazilian
Occupation
Activist
Graduated in law in the state of Ceará, Janaína Dutra was the first holder of a professional card at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) where she appeared characterized as a woman, despite her birth name still appearing.

Janaína Dutra carried out pioneering work with the Ministry of Health in preparing the first AIDS prevention campaign specifically aimed at transvestites. She also held leadership positions as a member of the presidency of the Association of Transvestites of Ceará (Atrac) and of the National Transvestite Articulation (Antra). In addition, she was co-founder (1989), legal advisor, and vice president (in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001 terms) of the Grupo de Apoio Asa Branca (GRAB).[3]

The film Janaína Dutra – an Iron Lady (2010) by international producer and screenwriter Wagner de Almeida celebrates the activist’s remarkable and intrepid life.[4]

As a lawyer, Janaína frequently demonstrated that she was aware that being gay, lesbian or transsexual has not been illegal in Brazil since 1830,[5] despite the historical and current transphobia and homophobia spread throughout the country.[6]

Janaína Dutra died of lung cancer at the age of 43.

See also
gender identity
LGBT
transsexual woman
transvestism
Anderson Herzer
Brenda Lee
Claudia Wonder
Thelma Lip
Walkiria La Roche
References
«An icon dies, here is the example by Claudia Wonder; Requiem for the transvestite Janaína by Luiz Mott. GOnline, February 10, 2004». Accessed November 11, 2010. Archived from original June 12, 2007
«Requiem for the transvestite Janaína by Luiz Mott, Grupo Gay da Bahia. THE PEOPLE, Fortaleza, February 14, 2004». Accessed November 11, 2010. Archived from original August 17, 2007
«Homosexual movement loses Janaína Dutra. Diário do Nordeste, February 9, 2004». Accessed November 11, 2010. Archived from original March 3, 2016
Janaína Dutra – An Iron Lady, a film by Vagner de Almeida (directed and scripted) together with the general supervision of the Asa Branca Resistance Group (GRAB), 2010.
History of Homosexuality in Brazil by Luiz Mott. ATHOSGLS: May 21, 2005
Dossier on violence: Murder of Homosexuals in Brazil (2008). Salvador, Bahia – Brazil, April 13, 2009. Annual report of Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB).