Zuliana Araya

Zuliana Alejandra Araya Gutiérrez (born August 13, 1964) is a Chilean politician and transgender rights activist.[1][2] She has served as a Valparaíso city council, and president of the Afrodita union. She is Chile's first trans city council member.[3]

Zuliana Araya
Born (1964-08-13) August 13, 1964
Valparaíso, Chile
Other namesZuliana Alejandra Araya Gutiérrez
Known forLGBTQ activism, politician

History

Araya's political career began in 2001 when she assumed the regional presidency and a founder of the Afrodita union, the first transgender union group in Chile.[1][4]

She ran for Valparaíso city council for the first time in 2004. She is a member of the Party for Democracy (PPD). Araya was elected in 2012, for the term period of 2012 to 2016;[5] and then she was elected for a second time in 2016,[6] for the term period 2016 to 2020.

In July 2012, she legally changed her name to "Zuliana Araya".[1][7] In December 2019, she was able to have sex reassignment surgery, due to a new Gender identity law (Chile).[8]

References
  1. "Travesti quiere ser concejal de Valparaíso". La Estrella de Valparaíso (in Spanish). January 13, 2004.
  2. "La transgénero Zuliana Araya recibió su nueva cédula y apunta al concejo municipal de Valparaíso | soyvalparaiso.cl". soychile.cl (in Spanish). 17 July 2012. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. "Zuliana Araya, la primera concejala transgénero de Chile:"¡El circo de los travestis se calcinó! Las chicas están en la calle"". The Clinic - Reportajes, noticias, podcast, videos y humor (in Spanish). 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. "Zuliana Araya, concejala trans: "Hay una derecha que insiste en una agenda de discriminación y violencia hacia nosotras"". El Desconcierto - Prensa digital libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  5. "Zuliana hace historia en Valparaíso". 24Horas.cl (in Spanish). 2012-10-29. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  6. "Jorge Sharp proyecta sus principales desafíos en Valparaíso". Diario y Radio U Chile (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  7. Lavers, Michael K. (2017-03-20). "Prominent LGBT activist to run for Chile congress". Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  8. "Concejala Zuliana Araya realizó el primer cambio de sexo registral en la Región de Valparaíso". El Observador (in Spanish). 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
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