Aitzole Araneta Zinkunegi (born November 22, 1982, in San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain) is a Spanish sexologist and transfeminist activist.[1]
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| Born | Aitzole Araneta Zinkunegi November 22, 1982 San Sebastián, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Sexologist and LGBTI activist |
Biography
editShe expressed her gender identity when she was four years old.[2]
She specialized in Sexology at the University of Alcalá de Henares[3] and completed interdisciplinary gender studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid.[4]
She is a member of the Podemos political party, serving as a state counselor for Health and LGBTI affairs.
In 2019, she led the Elkarrekin Podemos ticket for mayor of San Sebastián.[5][6][7] She served on the municipal council from 2019 to 2022, where she acted as spokesperson for the Elkarrekin Podemos/Izquierda Unida/Equo group.[8]
In 2022, she was accused by her coalition colleague, Haizea Garay, of verbal and physical abuse.[9][10] Araneta denied the accusations on social media and announced legal action.[11][12]
Elkarrekin Podemos announced that Aitzole Araneta would not lead their candidacy for the mayoralty of San Sebastián in 2023.[13][14][15]
References
edit- ^ Ferreira, Maialen (January 28, 2022). "Aitzole Araneta, activista trans: "Ser quien eres no puede ser un debate"" [Aitzole Araneta, trans activist: "Being who you are cannot be a debate".]. El Diario (in Spanish).
- ^ "Aitzole Araneta: '4 urterekin azaldu nuen lehen aldiz neska nintzela'" [Aitzole Araneta: 'I explained that I was a girl for the first time at the age of 4']. EITB (in Euskera). January 17, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Izarra, Josean (October 3, 2022). "La portavoz de Podemos en San Sebastián no repetirá tras las denuncias de acoso por una de sus concejalas" [The spokeswoman of Podemos in San Sebastián will not repeat after allegations of harassment by one of her councilwomen.]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Escrivá, Ángeles (September 14, 2022). "El 'combate'de Aitzole y Haizea en el Ayuntamiento de Donosti" [Aitzole and Haizea's 'fight' at the Donosti City Hall]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Carvajal, Álvaro (May 24, 2019). "Transexuales por una alcaldía: "Nos merecemos un lugar en el mundo"" [Transsexuals for a mayoralty: "We deserve a place in the world".]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Vega, Maxi (May 21, 2019). "Aitzole Araneta (Elkarrekin Podemos), la candidata que superó el acoso con el estudio" [Aitzole Araneta (Elkarrekin Podemos), the candidate who overcame harassment with the study]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ "Elecciones forales 2019 en Gipuzkoa: Valiente reconoce que no han logrado los resultados que deseaban y buscarán «cómo mejorar»" [2019 provincial elections in Gipuzkoa: Valiente acknowledges that they have not achieved the results they wanted and will seek "how to improve".]. Diario Vasco (in Spanish). May 27, 2019.
- ^ Ramírez, Carlota E. (March 6, 2020). ""La sociedad no tiene integrado que pueda haber mujeres y hombres con otros genitales"" ["Society has not integrated that there can be women and men with other genitalia."]. Huffingtonpost (in Spanish).
- ^ Escrivá, Ángeles (September 14, 2022). "El 'combate'de Aitzole y Haizea en el Ayuntamiento de Donosti" [Aitzole and Haizea's 'fight' at the Donosti City Hall]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Navarro, José Manuel (September 2, 2022). "Haizea Garay denuncia "acoso" por parte de Aitzole Araneta y dimite como concejala de San Sebastián" [Haizea Garay denounces "harassment" by Aitzole Araneta and resigns as councilwoman of San Sebastián]. El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ Munguía, Aingeru (September 3, 2022). "Aitzole Araneta niega las acusaciones de «acoso y violencia física» contra la edil de Ezker Anitza-IU en Donostia" [Aitzole Araneta denies accusations of "harassment and physical violence" against Ezker Anitza-IU councilor in Donostia]. Diario Vasco (in Spanish).
- ^ Rioja Andueza, Iker (September 5, 2022). "Cisma en Donostia: dimite la edil de IU y acusa a la portavoz de Podemos de "violencia verbal y física"" [Schism in Donostia: IU councilwoman resigns and accuses Podemos spokeswoman of "verbal and physical violence".]. El Diario (in Spanish).
- ^ "Aitzole Araneta no repetirá como candidata de Podemos a la alcaldía de San Sebastián" [Aitzole Araneta will not repeat as Podemos candidate for mayor of San Sebastian.]. Cadena SER (in Spanish). October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Araneta no será candidata de Podemos tras ser acusada de acoso a su compañera de IU en el Ayuntamiento de Donostia" [Araneta will not be a Podemos candidate after being accused of harassment of her IU colleague in the Donostia City Council.]. El Diario (in Spanish). October 3, 2022.
- ^ Izarra, Josean (October 3, 2022). "La portavoz de Podemos en San Sebastián no repetirá tras las denuncias de acoso por una de sus concejalas" [The spokeswoman of Podemos in San Sebastián will not repeat after allegations of harassment by one of her councilwomen.]. El Mundo (in Spanish).