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Pamela Troya
Pamela Troya in 2013
Born
Pamela Karina Troya Báez

1982 (age 42–43)
Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Alma materUniversidad San Francisco de Quito
Occupations
Years active2007–present
Known forEstablishing the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Ecuador
Spouse
Gabriela Correa
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(m. 2019; div. 2019)​

Pamela Karina Troya Báez (born 1982) is an Ecuadorian LGBT rights activist and communications manager, known for starting the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Ecuador.[1][2][3][4][5] In the political sphere, she ran as a candidate to the Ecuadorian National Assembly and to the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control. [6]

Early life and education

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Pamela Karina Troya Báez was born in 1982 in Quito, Ecuador.

Troya was educated at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, graduating in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in organisational communication.[6][2]

Career

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In 2007, Troya began her public career as an advisor to Quito Counselor Margarita Carranco [es] during the approval process of Ordinance 240.[6] Passed in December 2007, Ordinance 240 guaranteed protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity and was the first ordinance of its kind in the country.[6][7]

In 2012, Troya joined the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control.[6]

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Before her activism in favor of same-sex marriage, Troya was part of the LGBT activism group "¡Igualdad de Derechos, Ya!" (English translation: "Equal rights, now!").[8]

In 2013, Troya started the group Matrimonio Civil Igualitario Ecuador.[5] On August 5 of that year, she and her partner went to the Quito Civil Registry offices to ask to get married, which began the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Ecuador.[1][9] This petition was rejected by the entity days later, citing the prohibition of equal marriage in the Constitution of Ecuador and in the Civil Code as the reason for the refusal.[10] In response, Troya and her girlfriend filed a protection action on August 13.[11][12]

In September of the same year, civil judge Gloria Pillajo issued a ruling in which she rejected the protection action. Troya and her girlfriend appealed that decision, but the Provincial Court of Pichincha also denied the request.[12] On June 24, 2014, both filed a last instance appeal before the Constitutional Court,[13] where the lawsuit remained unanswered for years.[14]

After the legalization of same-sex marriage in the country in June 2019, thanks to the constitutional rulings in the cases 11-18-CN and 10-18-CN.[15] Troya was finally able to marry her girlfriend, an event that took place on August 5 of the same year,[16] six years after they applied to marry for the first time. However, both divorced on September 27, 2019, 53 days after the wedding.[17]

Later trajectory

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For the 2021 legislative elections, Troya was one of the few openly LGBT candidates for the National Assembly. She ran on the election on behalf of the Popular Unity party to be a provincial assembly member for Pichincha.[18] Although Popular Unity supported the presidential candidacy of environmental politician Yaku Pérez in those elections, Troya positioned herself in favor of the social democrat Xavier Hervas.[19]

In February 2022, she joined work as a national deputy coordinator of Transparency in the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), where she continued to work until September of the same year.[3] Previously, she had already worked in the entity as an advisor.[6] During the following year's selections, Troya was a candidate on the women's list for the CPCCS, but obtained sixth place and was not elected.[20]

In June 2024, Troya and the politician Santiago Becdach filed a complaint with the Electoral Contentious Court against four members of the CPCCS (two principals and two alternates) alleging that their candidacies were promoted by the Citizen Revolution Movement.[21] On September 3rd of the same year, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and dismissed the appointed councilors.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cedeño, Johanna (2014). "Incidencia de la reforma de la constitución del Ecuador de 2008 en la representación de los GBLTI en Diario Expreso, durante el año 2013" (PDF). Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. pp. 48, 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "¿Quiénes son los 45 candidatos al Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social 2023?". Vistazo. 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "¿Ya sabe por quién votar para el Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social?". La Hora. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Sucesos El 60% de GLBTI se siente discriminado en los espacios públicos". País en vivo. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Pamela Troya, una lucha por la igualdad". La Hora. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Pamela Troya, activista por los derechos LGTBI y por el matrimonio igualitario". El Universo. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ^ Véjar, María Emilia; Chiriboga, Rafaela. "TRANSgrediendo Cuerpos: campaña comunicacional a favor del reconocimiento de la diversidad sexo-genérica, específicamente de las mujeres trans" (PDF). Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Quito: 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Activista pide cita con Correa". El Telégrafo. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Dos mujeres piden casarse en inicio campaña matrimonio homosexual". El Tiempo. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Registro Civil recuerda a lesbianas que matrimonio es hombre-mujer". El Tiempo. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Pareja de lesbianas presenta hoy una acción de protección". El Telégrafo. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Lesbianas critican demora en justicia". El Universo. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Pareja lesbiana lleva pedido a la Corte Constitucional". El Universo. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  14. ^ Vaca, Fermín (17 September 2018). "Las cuestionadas sentencias que frenan el matrimonio igualitario". PlanV. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  15. ^ Sanabria, Runa (5 August 2019). ""La sociedad jamás va a estar lista, nosotros tenemos que hacer que esté lista"". Wambra. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Uno de los primeros matrimonios LGBTI en Ecuador duró un poco más de un mes". El Universo. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  17. ^ ""Llegar a la Asamblea no es un fin, sino como un medio para luchar por los derechos humanos"". El Telégrafo. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Una candidata de la alianza de Yaku Pérez dio su apoyo a Xavier Hervas". PlanV. 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Resultados elecciones 2023: los 7 vocales de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social ya están definidos". Ecuavisa. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  20. ^ Rosero, Mariela (26 June 2024). "Pamela Troya y Santiago Becdach van tras la 'Liga Azul' que llegó al Cpccs". Expreso. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  21. ^ "Pamela Troya: Esperamos que la sentencia sea ratificatoria y sancione la infracción electoral". Teleamazonas. 5 September 2024. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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