Tamara Adrián
Tamara Adrián | |
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National Assembly of Venezuela | |
Assumed office 5 January 2016 | |
Constituency | Capital District |
Personal details | |
Born | Caracas, Venezuela | 20 February 1954
Political party | Popular Will |
Alma mater | Andrés Bello Catholic University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Tamara Adrián (born 20 February 1954, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election.[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] Within this party, she organized a social movement called Pro-Inclusion, aiming at promoting equal rights.[3] She took her oath of office at the National Assembly of Venezuela on January 14, 2015.[4] During her term in office, Adrián intends to promote proper access to public records on identity, same-sex marriage and human rights.
Biography
Tamara graduated from
Prior to her election to the Venezuelan legislature, Adrián worked as a lawyer and
Tamara Adrián believes that the
In popular culture
Before being elected as National Assembly deputy, Tamara was featured in the 2011 documentary film Yo, indocumentada along with two other Venezuelan transgender women that strive to change their legal name in the country.[13]
The 2016 film Tamara was partly inspired in her life. Tamara made a cameo in the film with the role of a university rector.[14]
See also
- LGBT rights in Venezuela
- List of the first LGBT holders of political offices
References
- ^ a b "Tamara Adrián se convierte en la primera diputada transgénero en la historia de Venezuela" Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Noticia Al Día, December 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Venezuela Elects First Transgender Congresswoman in the Americas" Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. Out, December 7, 2015.
- ^ Kowalska, Monika (2014-01-08). "The Heroines of My Life: Interview with Tamara Adrián". The Heroines of My Life. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Asamblea Nacional juramentó a Tamara Adrián, primera diputada transgénero en Venezuela". www.voluntadpopular.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, August 8, 2015.
- The Advocate, May 17, 2015.
- ^ "Global Voices - Transgender Woman Elected to Venezuelan National Assembly". Global Voices. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Diputada Tamara Adrián espera que el TSJ oficialice decisión sobre su identidad". Runrunes (in Spanish). 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Tovar, Eugenia. "Tamara Adrián, the first transgender deputy from Latin America, elected in Venezuela". glxy.eu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Meet the Women Fighting Transphobia Across the Americas". www.advocate.com. 2015-05-17. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Tamara Adrian | Moving from Activism to Governance, archived from the original on 2020-05-24, retrieved 2020-03-05
- ^ "Venezuela: Arrests, Killings in Anti-Government Protests". Human Rights Watch. 2019-01-25. Archived from the original on 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "UNAFF 2013: Films: I, Undocumented". UNAFF. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-05-24.