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Tamara Adrián
Adrián in 2008
Alternate Deputy of the
National Assembly of Venezuela
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 January 2016
ConstituencyCapital District
Personal details
Born (1954-02-20) 20 February 1954 (age 70)
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyPopular Will
Alma materAndrés Bello Catholic University
ProfessionLawyer

Tamara Adrián (born 20 February 1954 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2015.[1] She is noted as the first transgender person elected to office in Venezuela, and only the second transgender member of a national legislature in the Western Hemisphere;[2] some early media coverage credited her as the first transgender member of a legislature in the Americas, but this was later corrected due to the election of Michelle Suárez Bértora to the Senate of Uruguay in 2014.[2]

She is a member of the Popular Will party, one of the forces in opposition to the PSUV-led government of Nicolás Maduro.[2] She took her oath of office at the National Assembly of Venezuela on January 14, 2015.[3] During her term in office, Adrián intends to promote proper access to public records on identity, same-sex marriage and human rights.

Prior to her election to the Venezuelan legislature, Adrián worked as a lawyer and LGBT activist,[4] including serving on the board of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association[1] and the organizing committee of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.[5] She was forced to register her candidacy under her male birth name, as Venezuelan law does not currently permit a transgender person to legally change their name.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tamara Adrián se convierte en la primera diputada transgénero en la historia de Venezuela". Noticia Al Día, December 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Venezuela Elects First Transgender Congresswoman in the Americas". Out, December 7, 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.voluntadpopular.com/index.php/ver-noticia/component/content/article/8-noticias/4079-asamblea-nacional-juramento-a-tamara-adrian-primera-diputada-transgenero-en-venezuela (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b "Venezuela's first transgender candidate Tamara Adrián to run for Congress". Sydney Morning Herald, August 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Meet the Women Fighting Transphobia Across the Americas". The Advocate, May 17, 2015.


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