Who We Are

Gabriel Alves de Faria is a creative community builder specialized in human rights and humanitarian law. He currently works at the LGBTI team of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Gabriel holds a Bachelor in Law from the Federal University of Espirito Santo in Brazil, a European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E. MA/EIUC - Utrecht University), and an LLM from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Among other roles, he has held positions at UNICEF in Geneva; as a Researcher in Comparative Sexual Orientation Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands; as a Legal Fellow and consultant lawyer at the LGBTI Rapporteurship of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington DC; and as a Field Coordinator and Human Rights Officer at the United Nations' Peace Mission (MONUSCO) in the DR Congo. Gabriel has volunteered for different projects in his home country Brazil, at Amnesty International in Ireland and COC in Amsterdam. He has won the AIESEC Brazil Alumnus Peace Prize in 2017 and is a Human Rights Campaign's Global Innovator .

Marcel Musters is a Dutch actor, a graduate of the Amsterdam School of Drama, and co-founder of renowned theatre group “Mugmetdegoudentand” (since 1985). In 2019, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role in the film God Only Knows directed by Mijke de Jong. He is also known for his roles in Dutch movies and TV series, including The Preacher (2004), Black Book (2006), Stages (2007), De bende van Oss (2011), Penoza (2012-2015) and Zwarte Tulp (2015). Before becoming an artist, Marcel worked as a psychiatric nurse for five years.

Long Khuat is a Vietnamese filmmaker, with a degree in Film and Television Production from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. He founded his own production company – FA Productions – in 2014, through which he writes and directs short films.

Louise grew up in Brasil, obtained a degree in Film and Photography in London, and now lives in Barcelona where she did a Masters degree in Contemporary Cinema.

Diana Klippel holds a Cinema and Visual Arts Degree from the Federal University of Espirito Santo. Her main focus is art direction, but she has worked on graphics projects, motion graphics and editing. 

Amina Demicheli has a degree in Communications and in Theatre from Rio de Janeiro. She has worked on different visual art projects; directing, researching and editing. Sheis holds a Masters degree in Cinematographic editing in Barcelona.

Alexandre Leal creates content for the Not Only Voices website, including news, articles and editorial feedback. An LGBTI activist from Brazil, he holds a Bachelor in Law and a Master‘s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation. Passionate about the politics of sex, gender and labour, his research has mainly focused on intersectionality and sex work. Alex has worked for national and international civil society organizations and currently provides consultancy to the Mandate of the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity on dissemination strategies, including content creation and social media management.

Marcos Adrián Peñéñory is a graphic designer from Córdoba, Argentina. He is a Technician of Multimedia Design and holds a Bachelor in Graphic Design from Universidad Blas Pascal. He has previously worked as a Webmaster at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington DC, and is committed to working for human rights organizations and socially conscious companies. He is specialized in Epistemologies of The South at the Latin American Council on Social Sciences.

Jade Drummond is the Communication Advisor of Not Only Voices, responsible for expanding and improving our public image and for managing social media. She graduated in Journalism at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, in Vitória (Brazil), and is currently specializing also in Journalism at the Cásper Líbero College, in São Paulo (Brazil). Jade is an AFSer and AIESECer. She has studied in Germany and worked in Egypt and Poland.