Meet the First Trans Legislator Elected to the Venezuelan National Assembly

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Meet the First Trans Legislator Elected to the Venezuelan National Assembly

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/1/23/meet-first-trans-legislator-elected-venezuelan-national-assembly

The Advocate/By Cleis Abeni January 23 2016 2:56 PM EST

"Tamara Adrián, a 61-year-old transgender lawyer and university professor, officially took her oath of office at the National Assembly of Venezuela on January 14.

Adrián, who was featured last year in The Advocate's profile of activists fighting for trans equality across the Americas, is the second trans official to ever be elected to a legislature within the Americas, according to Voluntad Popular. The first was Michelle Suárez Bértora, who joined the Senate of Uruguay in 2014. "