Jaime Parada Hoyl, spokesperson for the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (MOVILH), won a seat on the municipal council in Providencia, one of the capital Santiago's wealthy and most conservative districts, on October 28. He was sworn in yesterday.
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Parada described long-time Providencia Mayor Cristián Labbé, whom he defeated, as a "recalcitrant fascist" during the election, the Washington Blade reported in November:
“We did not just present ourselves as gay in the election,” he said when asked about his historic election. “We put forth a platform that had a lot to do with a political agenda, and that is why our campaign had an impact. It had a lot to do with sexual diversity and discrimination in general. It was not something we would have been able to imagine with the setbacks of a few years ago. And with this opportunity we can communicate the contrary.”
