Jaime Parada

José Jaime Parada Hoyl (born November 2, 1977, in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean gay rights activist and politician who became the first openly gay person elected to public office in Chile. He serves as the spokesperson for Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual, the leading Chilean gay rights organization. He was elected councilman for his home commune of Providencia for the 2012–2016 term.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parada and the second or maternal family name is Hoyl.
Jaime Parada Hoyl
Parada Hoyl in 2013.
Councilman for Providencia
Assumed office
December 6, 2012
Personal details
Born (1977-11-02) November 2, 1977
Chile Santiago, Chile
Political partyProgressive
Alma materFinis Terrae University, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupation, politician

Biography

Parada was born in the commune of Las Condes. His father is a Panamanian-Chilean veterinarian and his mother is a homemaker.[2] He completed his secondary schooling at the Instituto Presidente Errázuriz, a state-subsidized Catholic boys school. He studied history at Finis Terrae University, graduating first in his class.[2] He is currently a doctoral candidate of history at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in the area of the social history of science. At Finis Terrae, Parada served as the director of the School of History and the research and archives coordinator of the Centro de Investigación y Documentación en Historia de Chile Contemporáneo ("Center for Research and Documentation of Contemporary Chilean History") from 2010 to 2011.[2]

In June 2010, Parada came to prominence after his article "El matrimonio gay en cartas" ("Gay marriage in letters") was published in the newspaper The Clinic. It consisted of a series of e-mails exchanged Parada and a family member on in support of gay marriage, which was not then recognized by the state.[3] In 2011, Parada began his career as a political activist, joining MOVILH and becoming its spokesperson. In March 2012, after the brutal beating of Daniel Zamudio by neo-Nazis because of his sexual orientation, Parada and MOVILH played an important role in securing legislation introducing severe penalties for hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation. That year, with the support of Marco Enríquez-Ominami's Progressive Party, Parada launched his candidacy for municipal councilman for the commune of Providencia, winning a four-year term to last until 2016.[1] Parada was backed by Josefa Errázuriz, who successfully ran for mayor of Providencia, against the conservative incumbent, Cristián Labbé, whom Parada has referred to as a “recalcitrant fascist” for his support of the Pinochet regime.[4] His victory makes him the first openly gay politician elected in Chilean history.[5] Parada's election was part of a historic election season in which rightwing, mayors Labbé and Antonio Garrido of Independencia were defeated and the first two transgender women, Zuliana Araya in Valparaíso and Alejandra González in Lampa, were also elected.[6]

Electoral history

2012 municipal election

(Candidates with more than 2% of the votes are listed.)

Candidate Coalition Party Votes % Results
Manuel Monckeberg Balmaceda Coalición RN 8249 13,16 Elected
Pilar Cruz Hurtado Coalición RN 5374 8,57 Elected
Nicolás Muñoz Montes Concertación Democrática PDC 4600 7,34 Elected
Iván Noguera Phillips Coalición UDI 4468 7,13 Elected
Jaime Parada Hoyl El Cambio por Ti PRO 3551 5,67 Elected
Rodrigo García Márquez Por un Chile Justo PPD 3320 5,30 Elected
Pedro Lizana Greve Coalición ILH 3207 5,12 Elected
Pablo Jaeguer Cousiño Concertación Democrática PDC 3068 4,90
Leonardo Perez Brown Por un Chile Justo ILE 2381 3,80
Tomas Irarrázaval Llona Coalición UDI 2353 3,75
Mónica Rasmussen Villacura Coalición UDI 2192 3,50
Malva Retamales Zamorano Por un Chile Justo PC 2015 3,21
Virginia Vial Valenzuela Coalición UDI 1984 3,17
David Silva Jhonson Concertación Democrática PS 1904 3,04 Elected
María Gaete Drago Concertación Democrática PS 1677 2,68

References
  1. Vargas M., Felipe. "Homosexuales al poder: Quiénes son los que saldrán del clóset político en las municipales". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. Jaime Parada Hoyl. "Mi biografía en imágenes (álbum de imágenes)". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. The Clinic (June 10, 2011). "El matrimonio gay en cartas" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  4. Michael K. Lavers (November 19, 2012). "Chilean voters elect country's first openly gay politician". Washington Blade. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  5. Radio Cooperativa (October 29, 2012). "Movilh celebró triunfo electoral de su vocero Jaime Parada". Retrieved October 29, 2012. En la elección del día de ayer "Jaime Parada, fue elegido concejal por Providencia, siendo el primer hombre gay fuera del armario en ocupar un cargo de elección popular" en el país.
  6. "MOVILH Celebra Concejales Homosexuales y Derrotas de Garrido y Labbé". La Nación. October 29, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  7. Consulta de Resultados, councilors 2012.
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