Constanza Valdés is a

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Chilean political activist and parliamentary advisor. She became the spokesperson for Broad Front in June 2017, making her the first trans spokesperson for a political organization. She supported a 2017 Gender Identity Law in Chile which simplifies the procedure for trans people to change their name and sex, though she criticized it for not going far enough. Valdés was the legal advisor for Chilean group Organizing Trans-Diversities, an advocacy group for trans rights. She is currently an adviser to Chilean politician

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. Valdés is a member of the Chilean Pirate Party. Valdés studied law at

Diego Portales University Diego Portales University ( es, Universidad Diego Portales, UDP) is one of the first private universities founded in Chile and is named after the Chilean statesman Diego Portales. UDP has campuses in the Barrio Universitario de SantiagoA litera ...

. In an interview with '' Qué Pasa'', she stated that she knew her gender identity when she was 18, but it took her five years to publicly identify as female, fearing it would cause her problems at university. She changed her legal name and sex on April 21, 2016. In a 2017 interview, Valdés said that she did not want

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, and described herself as a

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