Adela Hernández | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | Cuban |
Occupation | Politician |
Years active | 2012-present |
Known for | First Transgender Person ever elected to political office in Cuba |
Adela Hernández is a Cuban politician. [1] Elected to the municipal council of Caibarién in the Villa Clara Province in November 2012, she is the first transgender person ever elected to political office in Cuba. [1]
In 1962, Hernández was born in a sugar town in central Cuba. [2] Early on, Adela was interested in women’s clothing. [3] Hernández had her first sexual contact “too young,” at the age of 7 with a 21-year-old man. [3] Adela Hernández’s family disowned her. [2]
At the age of 16, her father, a distillery worker, reported her to the police. [3] She spent two years in prison in the 1980s on charges that Adela describes as “social dangerousness.” [3]
When Adela Hernández entered office, she was still legally Jose Agustin Hernandez since she had not undergone sex-change surgery. [2] However, on May 20, 2013, the first transgender woman received a photo ID since 1997 with her preferred name and gender identity without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. [4] Adela Hernández expressed that she started the process of applying for a name change on her ID card. [4]
She later worked as a hospital janitor, a nurse, an electrocardiogram technician, and a drag queen. [3] She also became the head of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution on her block and a member of the neighborhood watch committee. [3]
Alberto Hernández, a farmer, nominated Adela because she was blunt and hardworking. [3] Adela won in a run-off vote of 280 to 170. [5] Hernández represented 2,000 residents of her neighborhood. [3] In 2013, the neighborhood was routinely flooded and some houses experienced no running water. [3] Adela got the authorities to provide running water at the local clinic, procured lights for the main street, and got the ration store to provide extra milk for the children. [3] She was eligible for election to the National Assembly of People's Power in 2013, but she was not picked from a list of town councilors. [3]
Adela Hernández | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | Cuban |
Occupation | Politician |
Years active | 2012-present |
Known for | First Transgender Person ever elected to political office in Cuba |
Adela Hernández is a Cuban politician. [1] Elected to the municipal council of Caibarién in the Villa Clara Province in November 2012, she is the first transgender person ever elected to political office in Cuba. [1]
In 1962, Hernández was born in a sugar town in central Cuba. [2] Early on, Adela was interested in women’s clothing. [3] Hernández had her first sexual contact “too young,” at the age of 7 with a 21-year-old man. [3] Adela Hernández’s family disowned her. [2]
At the age of 16, her father, a distillery worker, reported her to the police. [3] She spent two years in prison in the 1980s on charges that Adela describes as “social dangerousness.” [3]
When Adela Hernández entered office, she was still legally Jose Agustin Hernandez since she had not undergone sex-change surgery. [2] However, on May 20, 2013, the first transgender woman received a photo ID since 1997 with her preferred name and gender identity without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. [4] Adela Hernández expressed that she started the process of applying for a name change on her ID card. [4]
She later worked as a hospital janitor, a nurse, an electrocardiogram technician, and a drag queen. [3] She also became the head of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution on her block and a member of the neighborhood watch committee. [3]
Alberto Hernández, a farmer, nominated Adela because she was blunt and hardworking. [3] Adela won in a run-off vote of 280 to 170. [5] Hernández represented 2,000 residents of her neighborhood. [3] In 2013, the neighborhood was routinely flooded and some houses experienced no running water. [3] Adela got the authorities to provide running water at the local clinic, procured lights for the main street, and got the ration store to provide extra milk for the children. [3] She was eligible for election to the National Assembly of People's Power in 2013, but she was not picked from a list of town councilors. [3]