page_title: Patria Jiménez
hierarchical_section_title: Patria Jiménez
caption_attribution_description: Patria Jiménez addressing the Latin America plenary of the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights in Montreal, 28 July 2006
context_page_description: Patria Jiménez is Mexican politician and head of Clóset de Sor Juana. In 1997, representing the PRD. Openly lesbian, she became the first gay member of Mexico's legislature in the country's history—the first in any legislature in Latin America.
  Jiménez is the longtime head of Sister Juana's Closet, a lesbian rights group named after Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Carmelite nun and renowned Mexican poet. It is a United Nations accredited Non-Governmental Organization.
  Both as a civil rights leader and a member of the government, Jimenez is a major Latin American voice for LGBT rights and civil rights in general.
context_section_description: Patria Jiménez (born Elsa Patria Jiménez Flores in 1957 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is Mexican politician and head of Clóset de Sor Juana (Sister Juana's Closet). In 1997, representing the PRD. Openly lesbian, she became the first gay member of Mexico's legislature in the country's history—the first in any legislature in Latin America.
  Jiménez is the longtime head of Sister Juana's Closet, a lesbian rights group named after Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Carmelite nun and renowned Mexican poet. It is a United Nations accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
  Both as a civil rights leader and a member of the government, Jimenez is a major Latin American voice for LGBT rights and civil rights in general.
caption: Patria Jiménez at the 2006 International Conference on LGBT Human Rights
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