Prominent LGBTQ activist elected to Argentina’s Congress
A prominent LGBTQ activist in Argentina on Sunday won a seat in the country’s Congress. Esteban Paulón, who lives in Rosario, a city in Santa Fe province, is the former president of the Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender People.
The Santa Fe Socialist Party member finished first on La Fuerza de Santa Fe ticket. “I feel an enormous joy and responsibility,” Paulón exclusively told the Washington Blade after officials announced the results. “I get to represent on the one hand the Socialist Party that has a history of more than 127 years in Argentina … and in turn my province and the LGBT community.” Paulón noted he was the only openly gay candidate in the election. “I am going to defend my community, to represent the Socialist Party and to resist the pretensions of the most reactionary and conservative sectors of Argentina that have entered Congress with force in this election, regardless of the fact that the presidency has not yet been defined,” he said.
Massa, Milei to face off in presidential election’s second round Economy Minister Sergio Massa on Sunday won 36.68 percent of the votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election.
Libertarian economist Javier Milei received 29.98 percent of the vote. The two men will face off in the election’s second round that will take place on Nov.
