Marta Reina Izquiano (born November 10, 1970) is a Spanish LGBTI rights activist and specialist in traditional Chinese medicine.[1]
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| Born | November 10, 1970 Badalona, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | LGBTI activist, mosso d’esquadra and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. |
| Website | https://www.martareina.com/ |
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Biography
editShe is an expert in the field of document analysis and falsification,[2] in 2016 she was the first transgender Mosso d'Esquadra in Catalonia.[3] She was part of the Mossos d'Esquadra until 2023.[4][5] Part of her LGBTI activism has revolved around vaginoplasty and the ambiguous technique in Spain.[6][7]
From 2014 to 2020 she was with Podemos and Más País.[8] In 2017 she was responsible for LGBTI policies of the party.[9]
In 2018, she ran in the Catalan primaries with the Contigo si se puede (With you it is possible) candidacy[10] and also in the Barcelona municipal elections with the Por el derecho a la ciudad (For the right to the city) candidacy.[11] She also ran as a candidate in the April 2019 general elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate for Catalonia.[12][13]
She read the manifesto Personas trans, tan común es como diversxs (Trans People, As Common As Diverse) at the Barcelona Gay Pride Parade in 2016.[14] On October 28, 2019, she underwent gender reassignment surgery at the Bellvitge University Hospital.[15]
She has been living in China since 2023,[16] specializing in traditional Chinese medicine and has written the autobiographical book Viviendo sin tí (Living Without You).[17]
References
edit- ^ González, German (November 23, 2022). "La primera 'mossa' trans deja el cuerpo: "Hay casos de misoginia generalizada"" [The first trans 'mossa' leaves the corps: “There are cases of widespread misogyny”.]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Taulés, Silvia (May 28, 2016). "De Santi a Marta: habla la primera mossa transexual" [From Santi to Marta: the first transsexual mossa speaks out]. El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ "La primera 'mossa d'esquadra' transexual" [The first transsexual 'mossa d'esquadra'.]. El País (in Spanish). May 4, 2016.
- ^ Gibert, Alba (June 28, 2023). "Marta Reina, mujer transexual y expolicía: "Es casi imposible demostrar un delito de odio"" [Marta Reina, transsexual woman and former police officer: “It is almost impossible to prove a hate crime”.]. El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ "La primera mossa trans decide dejar el cuerpo por "acoso laboral"" [The first trans woman mossa decides to leave the corps due to “harassment at work”.]. Telecinco (in Spanish). November 11, 2022.
- ^ Fernández, David (July 9, 2016). "Marta Reina: "M'hauria agradat fer el canvi de sexe als vuit anys, no als 40"" [Marta Reina: “I would have liked to change sex at age 8, not 40”.]. Ara (in Catalan).
- ^ Loor, Mery (May 6, 2019). "Reassignació de sexe, més enllà del quiròfan" [Gender reassignment, beyond the doctor's office]. Directa (in Catalan).
- ^ Marín, Diego (November 5, 2017). "«Sorprende ser policía, transexual y de Podemos»" [“Surprising to be a policeman, transsexual and from Podemos”.]. La Rioja (in Spanish).
- ^ Ruiz Coll, M.A. (August 10, 2017). "La dirigente de Podem cazada por OKDIARIO: «Me delató un degenerado, transfóbico y facha de mierda»" [The leader of Podem hunted by OKDIARIO: “I was betrayed by a degenerate, transphobic and facha de mierda”.]. OKDiario (in Spanish).
- ^ "Candidatura Si se puede Podem". Primaries Catalunya. July 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Candidatura Pel dret a la ciutat Podem". Primaries municipals Podem. July 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Primaries Congres i Senat". Primaries Unides Podemos. July 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Izquierda Unida papeleta 28A". Papeleta ellecions 28A. July 16, 2019.
- ^ "La primera mossa d'esquadra transexual leerá manifiesto del Pride Barcelona" [The first transsexual mossa d'esquadra to read Pride Barcelona manifesto]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). July 8, 2017.
- ^ López Frías, David (December 15, 2019). "Marta, la primera trans de los Mossos, acabó hace un mes su última operación de reasignación de sexo" [Marta, the first trans woman of the Mossos, finished her last sex reassignment operation a month ago.]. El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ López Frías, David (November 9, 2022). "Marta, la primera mosso d'esquadra transexual, deja la policía y se va a China: "Me han vapuleado mis propios compañeros"" [Marta, the first transsexual mosso d'esquadra, leaves the police and goes to China: “I have been beaten by my own colleagues”.]. El Periódico de España (in Spanish).
- ^ Fernandez, Veronica (December 13, 2023). "Así es la obra 'Viviendo Sin Ti', revelaciones de una vida resiliente" [Living Without You', revelations of a resilient life]. Moncloa (in Spanish).
