António Serzedelo

António José Serzedelo Silva Marques (Lisbon, 15 May 1945) is a Portuguese human rights activist, radio broadcaster, actor and a scholar. He is the oldest live LGBTI activist in Portugal (since May 1974). He was the author of the 1st LBGTI Manifesto in Portugal, "Freedom for the Sexual Minorities". He is the founder of Opus Gay, of which he was president for many years . He also founded and hosts a radio programme called Vidas Alternativas (Alternative Lives).

Biography

Academic Studies Serzedelo attended secondary school in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique and later graduated from the with a degree in History.

Journalism

In 1974, Serzedelo completed his internship at the Centre de formation des journalistes from Le Monde, Paris, in 1974. In 1975 he was an intern at the Portuguese Diário de Notícias. Later on he became was the administrator and journalist for the weekly newspaper "O Ponto". He was also a correspondent in Lisbon for the Parisian Community Radio "Rádio Clube Português de Paris", until its closure.