Luisa Revilla

Luisa Revilla (12 October 1971 – 15 April 2021) was a Peruvian politician and LGBT activist.^[1] A member of the Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez (MDSH) party, she served as Provincial Mayor of Trujillo from 2015 to 2018.

Luisa Revilla
Member of the Provincial Council of Trujillo
In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2018
Personal details
Born	12 October 1971 Trujillo, Peru
Died	15 April 2021(2021-04-15) (aged 49) Trujillo, Peru
Political party	MDSH

Biography

Born in Trujillo, Revilla ran for the Provincial Council of the municipality, becoming the first openly transgender person to become a councilor in Peru.^[2][3] She held this position until 2018.

During the 2017 Peru Census, Revilla's gender identity was respected and she was registered as a woman.^[4] That same year, on International Women's Day, Mayor of Trujillo Elidio Espinoza presented her with a medal from the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo to award her for her activism in the transgender community.^[5] She also participated in International LGBT Pride Day [es] to support LGBT rights in Trujillo.^[6][7] In 2019, she was nominated for the Orden al Mérito de la Mujer [es].^[8]

Luisa Revilla died of COVID-19 on 15 April 2021, at the age of 49.^[9]