During this time, she began to assume her identity as a transgender woman and to get closer to other trans women who hung out at night in the La Mariscal neighborhood. Failing the entrance exam to the school of jurisprudence, he decided to study philosophy and political science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, but dropped out after two and a half years. In the 1980s he moved to Quito with the intention of studying law. He completed his secondary studies at the “5 de Agosto” School and as a young man he actively participated in community service activities with the Comboni missionaries. Purita Pelayo was born on Main the coastal city of Esmeraldas. She is also the author of the award-winning non-fiction work “Los fantasmas se cabrearón” (2017), which recounts police abuse and the birth of LGBT activism in Ecuador at the end of the 20th century. She was one of the founders and the president of the Coccinelle Association, the first organization of transgender people in the history of Ecuador, which played a leading role in the campaign for the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country, which achieved its goal in November 1997. Purita Valentina Pelayo, also known by the pseudonym Alberto Cabral (Esmeraldas, March 24, 1957) is an Ecuadorian transgender activist and author.
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