"Education is the key to changing the world, I think this is important", the words of Bianca Lins a trans teacher that has represented the LGBTS community during the torch relay. "What matters is demonstrating love to everyone".

Claudete Silva is a marathon runner who has won more than 500 trophies. But she said carrying the torch was more important than all of them. "If I could, I would run a whole marathon with it."

"If the Olympic Games represent the unity of peoples, nothing makes more sense than for a transsexual to be involved," says transsexual Portuguese teacher Bianca Lins. Bianca will be representing the LGBT community.