Mariano Ruiz

Mariano is Board Member and Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean for the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Project Coordinator at Fundación AMAL Argentina and consultant on project writting for AMMAR - Argentina's Sex Workers Union. He is also an external consultant for the World Bank on LGBTIQ issues. Former Communications Officer for the Latin American Network of Trans Persons (REDLACTRANS) and Coordinator of the International Relations Team of the Argentine LGBT Federation (FALGBT), Mariano has extensive experience in the management and design of international cooperation projects and public policies with impact on vulnerable populations, specially focused in LGBTIQ+ people and LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

During August 2018 he participated in the International Leadership Visitors Program on Human and Civil Rights for Marginalized Communities organized by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. From September 2018 to July 2019 he was awarded the RSFL (The Swedish Federation for Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights) Rainbow Advocacy Program scholarship. He is also a fellow with the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum since 2015 having attended sessions in Salzburg (Austria), Chiang Rai (Thailand), Kathmandu (Nepal) from 2015 to 2019. During 2019 he was named one of the Human Rights Campaign Innovative Summit Fellows in Washington DC and participated as an envoy during the OutRight International Advocacy Week in New York City.