Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano

Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano (born March 16, 1982 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a Ecuadorian activist and politician who focuses on human rights and LGBT rights in Ecuador. She is currently a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador and the transgender-chair of the " Association" and representative of "Observatory LGBTI of Ecuador". In 2009 she created a legal precedent in favor of the transgender population, to sue the Civil Registry to change her birth name to her present name. During the General Elections in Ecuador 2013, she became the first openly transgender and second LGBTI candidate to run for elected office in Ecuador, after Sandra Alvarez Monsalve who was elected as Alternate Assemblymember in 2009. In 2017, she was elected as the first trans member of the National Assembly of Ec

Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano

Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano (born March 16, 1982 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a Ecuadorian activist and politician who focuses on human rights and LGBT rights in Ecuador. She is currently a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador and the transgender-chair of the " Association" and representative of "Observatory LGBTI of Ecuador". In 2009 she created a legal precedent in favor of the transgender population, to sue the Civil Registry to change her birth name to her present name. During the General Elections in Ecuador 2013, she became the first openly transgender and second LGBTI candidate to run for elected office in Ecuador, after Sandra Alvarez Monsalve who was elected as Alternate Assemblymember in 2009. In 2017, she was elected as the first trans member of the National Assembly of Ec