Transsexual artist Carmen de Mairena is moving into politics and will be number two in the candidate list in Barcelona for the Coordinadora Reusenca Independent, CORI, at the regional elections on November 28.
She said that she was delighted to be trying her hand at politics and hoped to be Mayoress of Barcelona one day.
A statement said nobody else knows the Chinese district of Barcelona as Carmen does, and that her transsexual condition will bring a new style to the regional parliament.
She started her artistic career in the 70’s imitating Sara Montiel and Marujita Díaz, in the bars of Barcelona, and also worked in prostitution in the El Raval district.
She was in the news last September when police cordoned off four of the six rooms she owns in a Barcelona property, considering that they were being used for prostitution.
The CORI party already has representation in Reus Town Hall with its leader, an Elvis Presley impersonator,
Ariel Santamaría, holding a seat.
Mayor of Reus, Lluís Miquel Pérez, recently had to apologise to the council after nude photos of the singer were handed out during a planning meeting.
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Transsexual artist Carmen de Mairena is moving into politics and will be number two in the candidate list in Barcelona for the Coordinadora Reusenca Independent
» Transsexual artist Carmen de Mairena is moving into politics and will be number two in the candidate list in Barcelona for the Coordinadora Reusenca Independent,
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