Tamara Adrián is Venezuela’s first out trans member of Parliament. She intends to use her influence to campaign for LGBT rights. On the night of the elections for the Venezuelan Parliament earlier this month, the opposition Democratic Unity coalition took bets among themselves about the result. The polls said they would take power from Socialist government for the first time in 17 years, but the boldest of their predictions was that they would get 99 seats.“I remember the sense of discomfort, of being a boy and the fact I couldn't express who I was because I was so afraid of betraying the confidence of my parents. It was a difficult time.” When the final results were in they got 112 out of...
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