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Más Madrid proposes Carla Antonelli as senator, who will become the first trans woman in the Upper House

MADRID, 23 Jun.

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Más Madrid proposes Carla Antonelli as senator, who will become the first trans woman in the Upper House

MADRID, 23 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Más Madrid has appointed the deputy and historical activist for the rights of LGTBI people Carla Antonelli as the next senator by regional designation, replacing the previous senator from Más Madrid, Pablo G. Perpinyà, and she will become the first trans woman with a seat in the Upper House.

As reported by the party in a statement, Más Madrid considers it "lucky and an honor to continue opening paths." The appointment plenary session has not yet been established, although it is expected that it will presumably be the next after the formation of the new Government of the Community of Madrid.

"It is an immense honor, and also profound gratitude, that Más Madrid has placed the trust in me to be its representative as a senator in the Upper House of the Cortes Generales of Spain. But beyond the honor, lies the commitment and the need for trans people have a voice for the first time in the General Courts of Spain, especially at a time when hate speech, LGBTIphobia and Transphobia have become normalized and daily in a harmful way in our country", Antonelli has defended.

In the last regional elections, Antonelli ran for number five on Mónica García's list for the Madrid Assembly. Now, the formation wants to go "a step further" and take the defense of the rights of trans and LGTBI people to all institutions, "especially at this time of general elections in which the Popular Party and its ultra partners are trying to push us back."

Antonelli, born in Tenerife in 1959, is a long-standing activist for the rights of transsexual people in Spain. In 2011 she became an autonomous deputy in the Madrid Assembly for the PSOE, becoming the first transsexual woman in Spain with an elected public office. During her stay in the Madrid Assembly, the Madrid Trans Law was approved.

In this way, Pablo Gómez Perpiyà does not repeat as senator for Madrid in this Legislature, a fact for which he resigned as co-spokesman of the formation and of all the management bodies. "The new management of Más Madrid in the Assembly has informed me that it does not count on me to continue being a senator in the next legislature. A decision that I did not expect, a bit sad personally but that I abide by as a militant," Perpinyà wrote in your Twitter account.

Speaking to Europa Press, Perpinyà explained that he was leaving organic posts because he has "different ways of seeing politics." For him, this pluralism "is good in any organization", but not everyone sees it that way.