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Yuri Fernandes
Journalist and screenwriter, Yuri Alves Fernandes is partner and general director of #Colabora, a Brazilian journalism platform focused on sustainability and human rights. He is the author and director of the series LGBT+60: Bodies That Resist, and the winner of several awards, including the Digital Media Awards Americas 2024. An honoree of the Gandhi Communication Award for work focused on promoting a culture of peace, his work and career aim to amplify the voices of social minorities, especially those of the LGBT+ community.
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