Ángeles Álvarez Explained

Ángeles Álvarez
Office:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start:29 July 2016
Term End:21 May 2019
Term Start1:13 December 2011
Term End1:11 January 2016
Constituency1:Madrid
Birth Name:Ángeles Álvarez Álvarez
Birth Date:12 February 1961
Birth Place:Molacillos, Zamora, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Party:PSOE
Occupation:Politician

Ángeles Álvarez Álvarez (born 12 February 1961) is a Spanish politician and feminist activist. She served as a deputy for Madrid from 2011 to 2019. She was also a spokesperson for equality of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies. She has a long history in defense of women's rights. In 1999, she was the author of a pioneering guide on gender violence.

Álvarez and Teresa Heredero were the first two lesbians to marry in Madrid in 2005 is a ceremony carried out by Pedro Zerolo.[1] She was the first member of Cortes Generales to openly come out as lesbian in 2013.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ángeles Álvarez - WorldPride Madrid 2017. www.worldpridemadrid2017.com. en-gb. 2018-06-04. 16 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190516154454/http://www.worldpridemadrid2017.com/en/summit/speakers/all/725-angeles-alvarez-2. dead.
  2. Web site: Ángeles Álvarez: 'No soy la única diputada lesbiana del Congreso'. El Mundo. 28 June 2014. 11 July 2015.