Salma Luévano Luna is a Mexican politician and LGBT+ rights activist. She currently sits in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Morena caucus.
In the 1990s, Luévano was arrested by Mexican police on charges of indecency for wearing women’s clothing.[1] Following her arrest, she became increasingly heavily involved in activist for LGBT+ rights in Mexico, eventually being named director of the Together for the Way of Diversity collective.[2]
She ran for Morena in the 2021 Mexican legislative election, successfully winning a seat. She was one of the first two transgender women to be elected to the Mexican Parliament, along with María Clemente García, also a member of Morena and also elected in 2021.[3]