Nayara has been involved in Mattos Filho’s LGBTQIAPN+ employee resource group – Mfriendly – since its foundation, in 2016, and is an active member of the group’s executive committee. Mfriendly is an award-winning initiative among Latin American law firms and has inspired other Brazilian law firms to create their own LGBTQIAPN+ groups. Through Mfriendly, Nayara has participated in events and campaigns aiming at raising awareness of the importance of equity and inclusion of LGBTQIAPN+ people in the workplace, as well as steered the expansion of the firm’s pro bono program to provide free legal assistance to LGBTQIAPN+ people and to non-profit organizations that advocate for LGBTQIAPN+ rights. Besides providing counsel to transgender clients in pro bono cases, she has recently participated in the São Paulo Trans Pride Fair, to instruct attendees on how to change the name and gender in their civil records and identity documents.
