Patria Jimenez is Mexican

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 politician and head of El Clóset de Sor Juana (Sister Juana's Closet). In 1997, representing the PRD

Party of the Democratic Revolution

The Party of the Democratic Revolution is a democratic socialist party in Mexico and one of 2 Mexican affiliates of the Socialist International...

. Openly

Coming out

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 lesbian

Lesbian

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, she became the first gay

LGBT

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 member of Mexico's legislature in the country's history—the first in any legislature in Latin America.

Jiménez is the long time head of Sister Juana’s Closet, a lesbian rights group named after Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Carmelite nun and renowned Mexican poet. It is a United Nations

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 accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).

Both as a civil rights leader and a member of the government, Jimenez is a major Latin American voice for LGBT

LGBT

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 rights and civil rights in general.

Political career

Jiménez is a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution

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 (PRD). In 1997 she was elected federal deputy hence she served during the LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress

LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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. In 2000 she was elected substitute Senator but took office in the senate until 2006 when senator Demetrio Sodi

Demetrio Sodi

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 left that position therefore she served as senator during the final months of the LIX Legislature

LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

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