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| Aitzole Araneta | |
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| Born | Aitzole Araneta Zinkunegi (1982-11-22) November 22, 1982 (age 42) San Sebastián, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Sexologist and LGBTI activist |
Aitzole Araneta Zinkunegi (born November 22, 1982) is a Spanish sexologist and transfeminist activist.
Biography
She expressed her gender identity when she was four years old.
She specialized in Sexology at the University of Alcalá de Henares and completed interdisciplinary gender studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
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. She served on the municipal council from 2019 to 2022, where she acted as spokesperson for the Elkarrekin Podemos/Izquierda Unida/Equo group.
In 2022, she was accused by her coalition colleague, Haizea Garay, of verbal and physical abuse. Araneta denied the accusations on social media and announced legal action.
Elkarrekin Podemos announced that Aitzole Araneta would not lead their candidacy for the mayoralty of San Sebastián in 2023.
References
- 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 Basque). January 17, 2017.
- ^ 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).
- 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.