Luisa Revilla

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Luisa Revilla
Luisa Revilla (cropped).png
Member of the Provincial Council of Trujillo
In office
1 January 2015 31 December 2018
Personal details
Born12 October 1971
Trujillo, Peru
Died15 April 2021(2021-04-15) (aged 49)
Trujillo, Peru
Political partyMDSH

Luisa Revilla (12 October 1971 – 15 April 2021) was a Peruvian politician and LGBT activist. [1] A member of the Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez (MDSH) party, she served as Provincial Mayor of Trujillo from 2015 to 2018.

Biography

Born in Trujillo, Revilla ran for the Provincial Council of the municipality, becoming the first openly transgender person to become a councilor in Peru. [2] [3] She held this position until 2018.

During the 2017 Peru Census, Revilla's gender identity was respected and she was registered as a woman. [4] That same year, on International Women's Day, Mayor of Trujillo Elidio Espinoza presented her with a medal from the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo to award her for her activism in the transgender community. [5] She also participated in International LGBT Pride Day  [ es ] to support LGBT rights in Trujillo. [6] [7] In 2019, she was nominated for the Orden al Mérito de la Mujer  [ es ]. [8]

Luisa Revilla died of COVID-19 on 15 April 2021, at the age of 49. [9]

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References

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  3. "Luisa Revilla, primera mujer transexual elegida concejala en Perú". dosmananzas.com (in Spanish). 11 October 2014.
  4. "Censo 2017: regidora transgénero fue censada como mujer [FOTO]". La República (in Spanish). 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018.
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  9. "Luisa Revilla, primera regidora municipal transexual, falleció a causa del COVID-19 a los 49 años". El Comercio (in Spanish). 15 April 2021.