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Dodi Leal | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation(s) | Performer, curator, trans activist and researcher |
Dodi Tavares Borges Leal (born 1984) is an academic, performer and trans rights activist who, is a professor in performing arts at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB) and an associate researcher at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC). [1] [2] [3] Her 2018 appointment at UFSB meant that she was the first transgender arts professor to take up a permanent employment in public higher education in the world. [4] [5] [6]
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As a performer and curator, Leal's work intersects with issues around trans identities. [7] [8] [9] She also initiated the 'luzvesti' concept, incorporating lighting design for stage into gender studies for the first time. [10] [11] Along with Lúcia Romano, Marta Baião, Nina Caetano, Sarah Duarte, Stela Fischer and Yasmin Nogueira, she works in the field of performance and gender studies in Brazil. [12]
In 2023, she was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ESA) to teach on travesti storytelling and performance. [7] The course was subject to transphobic attacks on social media, but was defended publicly by the University of São Paulo. [13]
