Lírio Negro

Lírio Negro
Born(1979-03-23)March 23, 1979
Occupationsactivist, artist, activist for the rights of people with disabilities, visual artist
Known forLGBT movement, Marijuana march, LGBT anarchism

Lírio Barbosa dos Santos (b. March 23, 1979), whose artistic name is Lírio Negro, is a Brazilian activist and artist.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Born in Maceió, Lírio began their artistic activity in childhood, using elements of fashion design, costume, sculpture, sustainable art, and installation. They made their professional debut in 2009, when they opened their own studio in the Farol neighborhood, using performance as a complementary tool to their work.[5][6]

Lírio fights against violence against LGBTQ people,[7] ableism, sanism, and racism. Lírio identifies as an artivist who is genderless, within the non-binary gender spectrum,[8] pansexual, demisexual, and queer anarchist.[2] Lírio is autistic[9] and lives with psoriasis and fibromyalgia.[10] Lírio is an activist for anti-asylum and anti-prohibitionist struggles, part of the National Articulation of Marijuana Marches,[11] supported by the SEMEAR Association, former member of GRIT from ILGA Portugal and the Latin American Non-Binary Network, and former deputy national coordinator of IBRAT - Brazilian Institute of Transmasculinities.[12][13]

The first non-binary activist to engage in dialogue with the government in the state of Alagoas. Founder of the Coletivo Pró LGBT O “Quê” do Movimento Visibilidade TQIAPNB+. Curator, fashion designer, and speaker. Through "artivism" they create/build spaces for dialogue and social inclusion, as well as network articulation, on dissident identities and harm reduction in the mental health of the LGBTI+ population, with a specific focus on the transgender and non-binary population. They develop socio-informative/educational materials on the pro-LGBTI+ population and dissemination. Participated in all editions of the Human Rights Arts Exhibition of the State Secretariat for Women and Human Rights – SEMUDH.[14] They held solo exhibitions in 2017, 2018, and 2019 based on experience reports focused on gender-based violence, non-binary identities,[15] as well as dysphoria and suicide among LGBTI+ people.[16]

They participated in the district and state stages of the 9th Health Conference in Alagoas in 2019; held the 1st Genderqueer and Non-Binary Pride Encounter and Celebration in Alagoas in partnership with SEMUDH and with support from collectives from São Paulo, Curitiba, and Maceió (in reference to the non-binary visibility day).[17] During the activities of the 10th Pride Parade in Santa Luzia do Norte, roundtables on LGBTI+ mental health were held in the quilombola community. They participated in the district stages of Santa Luzia do Norte, Maceió, São José da Lage and in the state stage of the IV Conference on Human Rights and Public Policies for LGBT+, with a delegation to the National Free Conference, scheduled for May 2020. They participated in the International Congress of the LGBTI+ Alliance as a speaker in November 2019, in Curitiba, Paraná. In January 2020 they took part in the general coordination of the 1st Trans Visibility Act of Maceió, carried out by the Maceió Gay Group – GGM and partners. They are the 1st Deputy Coordinator of the National LGBTI Alliance in the State of Alagoas. In April 2020 the Non-Binary Area within the Alliance was created, Lírio was the main coordinator,[18] conducting live streams to celebrate the week before the International Non-Binary People's Day.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Soares, Jessyka (25 July 2019). "SEMUDH realiza 1º Encontro Genderqueer e não binário de Alagoas nesta quinta (25)" [SEMUDH holds 1st Genderqueer and Non-Binary Meeting of Alagoas this Thursday (25)]. O Dia Mais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Borges, Hilda Marinho Amaral; Araújo, Flávia de Souza (2022). "Maceió para todEs: Modos dissidentes de ocupar e construir a cidade" [Maceió for Everyone: Dissident Ways of Occupying and Building the City]. Revista Ímpeto (in Brazilian Portuguese) (12). Federal University of Alagoas. ISSN 1983-6171. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "NOTA OFICIAL DA ALIANÇA NACIONAL LGBTI+ DE CONGRATULAÇÕES PELO DIA 14 DE JULHO DIA INTERNACIONAL DO ORGULHO E VISIBILIDADE NÃO-BINÁRIA" [OFFICIAL NOTE FROM THE NATIONAL LGBTI+ ALLIANCE OF CONGRATULATIONS ON JULY 14, INTERNATIONAL NON-BINARY PRIDE AND VISIBILITY DAY]. Aliança Nacional LGBTI (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Leandro dos Santos Cordeiro (15 July 2020). "Dia Internacional do Orgulho Não-Binárie" [International Non-Binary Pride Day]. diversidade.unb.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Braz, Diogo (9 June 2017). "O X de Lilian". Blog Aqui Acolá (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Galvão, Cláudia (16 May 2017). "Projeto Linda de Música e Artes Visuais retorna com Edson Bezerra e Lilian Barbosa" [Projeto Linda of Music and Visual Arts returns with Edson Bezerra and Lilian Barbosa]. Alagoas 24 Horas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Carla Viana foi vítima de "transfobia" e crime teve requintes de crueldade, diz polícia" [Carla Viana was victim of "transphobia" and crime had signs of cruelty, says police]. TNH1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Lírio Negro - International LGBTI+ Congress". congressolgbti.org. 2019. irretrievable broken link
  9. ↑ "Frente pela Vida: confira o relatório da Conferência Nacional Livre Democrática e Popular de Saúde" [Frente pela Vida: see the report of the National Free Democratic and Popular Health Conference]. Rede Unida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Giusti, Iran (14 July 2022). "Dia das Pessoas Não-Binárias: 7 influencers para seguir" [Non-Binary People's Day: 7 influencers to follow]. Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Episode 5 of the Podcast of the 1st National Free Conference on Anti-Prohibitionist Drug Policies – Axis 3 – Public Policies - Strategies of Resistance against Setbacks (Part 1)". Audacy. 18 April 2022.
  12. 1 2 Venturini, Thay (15 August 2020). "Primeira Semana Nacional do Orgulho e Visibilidade Não-Binárie" [First National Week of Non-Binary Pride and Visibility]. Medium (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Transinforma-te | Conversas Transatlânticas – Dia da Visibilidade Trans e Travesti no Brasil" [Transinforma-te | Transatlantic Conversations – Trans and Travesti Visibility Day in Brazil]. ILGA Portugal (in European Portuguese). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Galvão, Meuzent Peixoto (29 May 2019). "Aluno conquista, com a ajuda da Semudh, o direito de usar o nome social no cartão de estudante" [Student wins the right to use their social name on the student card with the help of Semudh]. mulheredireitoshumanos.al.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Usuário do PISAM/HEPR apresenta exposição "DESBINARIZE" no MUPA" [PISAM/HEPR user presents exhibition "DESBINARIZE" at MUPA]. 18 September 2019.
  16. ↑ Porto, Juliane dos Santos (7 August 2020). Corpos em vertigem: desses outres que in - desa - comodam [Bodies in vertigo: from those others who disturb] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "1º Encontro e Celebração do Orgulho Genderqueer e Não-Binário acontece em Maceió" [1st Genderqueer and Non-Binary Pride Encounter and Celebration takes place in Maceió]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Aliança Nacional LGBTI+ tem Área Não-Binárie" [National LGBTI+ Alliance has Non-Binary Area]. FRRRKguys (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.