Transgender woman running to become Venezuela’s next president
Tamara Adrián less than two weeks ago registered as a presidential candidate in the Venezuelan primary, becoming the first openly transgender person in the world to make such a move.
The 69-year-old lawyer, university professor and LGBTQ and intersex rights defender is running to represent the Unidos por la Dignidad political movement and will have to compete with at least 10 other candidates in the country’s Oct.
22 primary. “I am the first transgender in history to officially run in a presidential election,” Adrián told the Washington Blade.
Whoever wins the primary will have to compete against President Nicolás Maduro in 2024. Adrián wants to be the person to confront Chavismo in her country. “We have united all the parties and political forces in Venezuela, from the left to the right, with a common goal, which is to end the regime of Nicolás Maduro,” she explained to the Blade.
