Kim Pérez Explained

Kim Pérez
Birth Place:Granada, Spain
Occupation:Teacher, activist
Education:University of Granada
Party:United Left

Kim Joaquina Pérez Fernández-Fígares (born 1941) is a Spanish teacher and trans rights activist. She was the first trans woman to take part in an electoral candidacy in Spain.

Biography

Kim Pérez was born in Granada in 1941. She earned a licentiate in history from the University of Granada, and taught ethics and philosophy there from 1968 to 1970 and from 1976 to 2006.[1] [2]

She has been a teacher at various educational levels. She was also a communications attaché at the Spanish embassy in Algeria.[2] [3] Pérez came out as a trans woman in 1991, at age 50.[4] She has been co-founder and president of the Gender Identity Association in Andalusia, and of the collective Conjuntos Difusos-Autonomía Trans.[2] [5]

In 1999, while Pérez was serving as president of the Gender Identity Association, Andalusia became the country's first autonomous community to include gender affirming care and surgeries in its catalog of health services.[2] [5] In 2007, she was number 17 on the electoral list of the United Left in municipal elections for the Granada City Council, becoming the first trans woman to be part of an electoral candidacy in Spain.[2] [5]

In 2010, Pérez demanded that the government add an option for a neutral gender on official documents.[6] In 2013, she chained herself to the doors of the Andalusian Parliament and began a hunger strike to protest a delay in the approval of the Comprehensive Transsexuality Law.[7] In 2019, she again went on a hunger strike to denounce far-right support for the Regional Government of Andalusia, saying that the Vox party's platform could result in a reduction in the rights of trans people.[4] [8] [9]

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kim Pérez . Ananda . Gallego . Euforia . es . 2019-11-03 . 2024-05-29.
  2. News: Kim Pérez, toda una vida a contracorriente . Kim Pérez, a Whole Life Against the Current . Belén . Ortiz . . Barcelona . Granada . EFE . es . 2019-04-19 . 2024-05-29.
  3. News: El Orgullo de los pioneros: 'Tenía que salir del armario costara lo que costara' . The Pride of the Pioneers: "I had to come out of the closet no matter what the cost" . Paola . Bruni . . Spain . es . 2019-07-05 . 2024-05-29.
  4. News: Kim Pérez, activista trans, en huelga de hambre, pide a los partidos andaluces: 'Por favor, recapacitad, pensad que estamos en el siglo XXI' . Kim Pérez, Trans Activist, on Hunger Strike, Asks the Andalusian Parties: "Please, reconsider; think that we are in the 21st century" . Álvaro . López . . Spain . es . 2019-01-20 . 2024-05-29.
  5. News: Kim Pérez, primera transexual que se presenta a unas elecciones municipales en España . Kim Pérez, the First Trans Woman to Run for Municipal Elections in Spain . . Madrid . Granada . es . 2007-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210612110556/https://elpais.com/sociedad/2007/04/20/actualidad/1177020002_850215.html . 2021-06-12 . deviated . 2024-05-29.
  6. News: Piden que en España se instaure el género sexual neutro . Asking That Neutral Sexual Gender be Established in Spain . La Opinión-El Correo de Zamora . EFE . es . 2010-03-18 . 2024-05-29.
  7. News: La presidenta de ATA se encadenará a las puertas del Parlamento en protesta por la retirada de la Ley de Transexualidad . The President of ATA Will Chain Herself to the Doors of Parliament in Protest Against the Withdrawal of the Transsexuality Law . . Barcelona . Seville . Europa Press . es . 2013-02-20 . 2024-05-29.
  8. News: Organizaciones LGTBI respaldan a Kim Pérez y rechazan el 'apoyo de la ultraderecha' al nuevo Gobierno andaluz . LGTBI Organizations Support Kim Pérez and Reject the "support of the extreme right" for the New Andalusian Government . El Independiente de Granada . Europa Press . es . 2019-01-26 . 2024-05-29.
  9. Web site: La activista transexual Kim Pérez abandona la huelga de hambre tras sufrir un desmayo . Transsexual Activist Kim Pérez Abandons Hunger Strike After Fainting . . EFE . Madrid . es . 2019-01-21 . 2024-05-29.
  10. News: La activista trans Kim Pérez, el Diario Digital Transexual y la política Inés Sabanés, premios Pluma 2010 . Trans Activist Kim Pérez, the Digital Transexual Newspaper, and Politician Inés Sabanés, Pluma 2010 Awards . AmecoPress . Madrid . es . 2010-05-06 . 2024-05-29.
  11. News: Kim Pérez, medalla de Oro al Mérito de la Ciudad de Granada . Kim Pérez, Gold Medal of Merit From the City of Granada . El Independiente de Granada . es . 2017-06-27 . 2024-05-29.
  12. News: Transexual Kim Pérez y director de Festival de Tango Granada, mayores del año . Transsexual Kim Pérez and Director of the Granada Tango Festival, Seniors of the Year . . Barcelona . Granada . EFE . es . 2017-03-30 . 2024-05-29.
  13. News: Granada retoma este viernes la marcha por el orgullo Lgtbi, con Kim Pérez como pregonera . Granada Resumes the March for LGBTI Pride This Friday, With Kim Pérez as Herald . . Granada . es . 2018-06-28 . 2024-05-29.
  14. News: La Plexy, premio Triángulo Chueca del COGAM 2019 . The Plexy, COGAM Chueca Triangle Award 2019 . . Spain . es . 2019-06-12 . 2024-05-29.

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