page_title: Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano / Activism / Political rally / Results
caption_attribution_description: Español: Cédula y documento de identidad de Diane Rodríguez
context_page_description: Diane Marie Rodríguez Zambrano is a Ecuadorian activist and politician who focuses on human rights and LGBT rights in Ecuador. She is currently a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador and the transgender-chair of the "Silueta X Association" and representative of "Observatory LGBTI of Ecuador". In 2009 she created a legal precedent in favor of the transgender population, to sue the Civil Registry to change her masculine name Luis Benedicto to the feminine Diane Marie. During the General Elections in Ecuador 2013, she became the first openly transgender and second LGBTI candidate to run for elected office in Ecuador, after Sandra Alvarez Monsalve who was elected as Alternate Assemblymember in 2009. In 2017, she was elected as the first trans member of the National Assembly of Ecuador.
context_section_description: At the end of the campaign Diane Rodriguez defrayed in row of men, despite their public claims to the CNE to make it meet the standard of women.
  The official results of the political movements were declared on March 15, 2013, where it was confirmed that anyone candidate of the movement "Ruptura 25", was able to secure a seat for the assembly, including of course Diane Rodríguez. The political movement of the government "Alianza Pais", won more than 100 seats in the assembly, reaching an overwhelming majority in the new period terminating on 2017.
caption: ID card and male picture of Diane Rodriguez
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