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Celia Castro
Celia Castro (1860, Valparaíso - 19 June 1930, Valparaíso) was the first professional female visual artist in Chile. Her style is generally associated with Realism.
Biography.
Castro's artistic career was inspired from a meeting with the painter Manuel Antonio Caro who, after seeing her work, recommended she go to Santiago to study at the . She followed his advice and became a student of Pedro Lira. Her first exhibition came in 1884, where she presented one of her best-known works,
, Alejandro Castro Espín.
Career.
Her group campaigns for effective AIDS prevention as well as recognition and acceptance of LGBT human rights. In 2005, she proposed a project to allow transgender people to receive sex reassignment surgery and change their legal gender. The measure became law in June 2008 which allows sex change surgery for Cubans without charge.
Mariela Castro is president of the Cuban Multidisciplinary Centre for the Study of Sexuality, president of the National Commission for Treatment of Disturbances of Gender Identity, member of the Direct Action