Difference between revisions of "Michelle Suarez Bertora"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Transgender lawyer elected to the Uruguayan Parliament in 2014, being the first transgender individual to be elected in that position. LGBTQ activist and member of Ovejas Negras, an activist organization. | + | Transgender lawyer elected to the Uruguayan Parliament in 2014, being the first transgender individual to be elected in that position. Subsequently appointed a Senator in 2017 but was forced to resign when she was found guilty of forging legal documents. Considered to be the first transgender university graduate in the country (graduating in 2010 from the University of the Republic) and its first transgender lawyer. LGBTQ activist and member of Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep), an LGBTQ activist organization. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[First Out Elected Politicians]] | * [[First Out Elected Politicians]] | ||
| + | * [[Transgender Politicians]] | ||
| + | * [[Transgender Activists]] | ||
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* http://www.elobservador.com.uy/michelle-suarez-es-un-triste-honor-ser-la-primera-trans-el-parlamento-n291658 | * http://www.elobservador.com.uy/michelle-suarez-es-un-triste-honor-ser-la-primera-trans-el-parlamento-n291658 | ||
* http://xqsimagazine.com/tag/michelle-suarez-bertora/ | * http://xqsimagazine.com/tag/michelle-suarez-bertora/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 22 March 2021
Country
Uruguay
Birth - Death
1983 -
Occupation
Politics, Law
Description
Transgender lawyer elected to the Uruguayan Parliament in 2014, being the first transgender individual to be elected in that position. Subsequently appointed a Senator in 2017 but was forced to resign when she was found guilty of forging legal documents. Considered to be the first transgender university graduate in the country (graduating in 2010 from the University of the Republic) and its first transgender lawyer. LGBTQ activist and member of Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep), an LGBTQ activist organization.
