Mar Cambrollé
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
Mar Cambrollé Jurado (born 1957) is a Spanish trans rights activist.
Early life
Mar Cambrollé Jurado was born in Seville in 1957. Her father hit her when she was a child because she was feminine. She dropped out of school at age 13, and began working as a dishwasher at age 14.[1]
Cambrollé sold crafts in Seville for 14 years, but did not make enough money to set up a storefront. She worked as a prostitute in Barcelona and Italy for a few months, then returned to Seville and used the money she had earned to buy furniture for her house and set up a store.[1]
Activity
Under the Franco regime, Cambrollé organized the first gay liberation campaign in Andalusia.[2]
On October 3, 2018, Cambrollé and a group of 16 other
As of December 2018[update], Cambrollé was the president of the Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía. As of March 2020[update], she was the president of the Federación Plataformas Trans.[4]
Accolades
In October 2018, the University of Málaga's Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy honored Cambrollé for her ongoing trans rights activism beginning in her youth.[2]
References
- ^ elmundo.es(in Spanish). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ 20minutos.es(in Spanish). October 24, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Fernández, D.; Gasparyan, S.; Garrido, J.M. (October 6, 2018). "Las 11 horas en las que unas transexuales pusieron en jaque a Podemos" [The 11 hours in which some transsexuals put Podemos in check]. El Plural (in Spanish). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- RTVE.es(in Spanish). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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