Pamela Troya
{{Short description|Ecuadorian LGBT rights activist and communications manager (born 1982)}}
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| name = Pamela Troya
| image = Pamela Troya in 2013.JPG
| caption = Pamela Troya in 2013
| birth_name = Pamela Karina Troya Báez
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1982}}
| birth_place = Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
| alma_mater = Universidad San Francisco de Quito
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| known_for = Establishing the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Ecuador
| years_active = 2007–present
| spouse = {{marriage |Gabriela Correa|2019|2019|end=div}}
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Pamela Karina Troya Báez (born 1982) is an Ecuadorian LGBT rights activist and communications manager, known for starting the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Ecuador.{{Cite web |last=Cedeño |first=Johanna |year=2014 |title=Incidencia de la reforma de la constitución del Ecuador de 2008 en la representación de los GBLTI en Diario Expreso, durante el año 2013 |url=http://repositorio.ucsg.edu.ec/bitstream/3317/2259/1/T-UCSG-PRE-FIL-CCS-44.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322123241/http://repositorio.ucsg.edu.ec/bitstream/3317/2259/1/T-UCSG-PRE-FIL-CCS-44.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-22 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil |pages=48, 64}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=¿Quiénes son los 45 candidatos al Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social 2023? |url=https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12604786/embed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206202150/https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12604786/embed |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Vistazo}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-06 |title=¿Ya sabe por quién votar para el Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social? |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/pais/ccandidatos-consejo-participacion-ciudadana-control-social-febrero-2023/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123183833/https://www.lahora.com.ec/pais/ccandidatos-consejo-participacion-ciudadana-control-social-febrero-2023/ |archive-date=2022-11-23 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=La Hora}}{{Cite web |date=2013-12-10 |title=Sucesos El 60% de GLBTI se siente discriminado en los espacios públicos |url=https://paisenvivo.com/el-60-de-glbti-se-siente-discriminado-en-los-espacios-publicos/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206230645/https://paisenvivo.com/el-60-de-glbti-se-siente-discriminado-en-los-espacios-publicos/ |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=País en vivo}}{{Cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=Pamela Troya, una lucha por la igualdad |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/noticias/pamela-troya-una-lucha-por-la-igualdad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106190821/https://www.lahora.com.ec/noticias/pamela-troya-una-lucha-por-la-igualdad/ |archive-date=2022-11-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=La Hora}} In the political sphere, she ran as a candidate to the Ecuadorian National Assembly and to the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control. {{Cite web |date=2023-01-11 |title=Pamela Troya, activista por los derechos LGTBI y por el matrimonio igualitario |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/pamela-troya-activista-por-los-derechos-lgtbi-y-por-el-matrimonio-igualitario-nota/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130205856/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/pamela-troya-activista-por-los-derechos-lgtbi-y-por-el-matrimonio-igualitario-nota/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Universo}}
Early life and education
Pamela Karina Troya Báez was born in 1982 in Quito, Ecuador.
Troya was educated at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, graduating in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in organisational communication.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=¿Quiénes son los 45 candidatos al Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social 2023? |url=https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12604786/embed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206202150/https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12604786/embed |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Vistazo}}
Career
In 2007, Troya began her public career as an advisor to Quito Counselor {{Interlanguage link|Margarita Carranco|es}} during the approval process of Ordinance 240. Passed in December 2007, Ordinance 240 guaranteed protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity and was the first ordinance of its kind in the country.{{Cite journal |last=Véjar |first=María Emilia |last2=Chiriboga |first2=Rafaela |title=TRANSgrediendo Cuerpos: campaña comunicacional a favor del reconocimiento de la diversidad sexo-genérica, específicamente de las mujeres trans |url=https://repositorio.usfq.edu.ec/bitstream/23000/2472/1/106842.pdf |journal=Universidad San Francisco de Quito |publication-place=Quito |page=42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811185953/https://repositorio.usfq.edu.ec/bitstream/23000/2472/1/106842.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-11 |access-date=2021-04-20}}
In 2012, Troya joined the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control.
= Legal battle for equal marriage =
Before her activism in favor of same-sex marriage, Troya was part of the LGBT activism group "¡Igualdad de Derechos, Ya!" (English translation: "Equal rights, now!").{{Cite web |date=2013-05-28 |title=Activista pide cita con Correa |url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/nacionales/1/activista-pide-cita-con-correa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206224430/https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/nacionales/1/activista-pide-cita-con-correa |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Telégrafo}}
In 2013, Troya started the group Matrimonio Civil Igualitario Ecuador.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=Pamela Troya, una lucha por la igualdad |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/noticias/pamela-troya-una-lucha-por-la-igualdad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106190821/https://www.lahora.com.ec/noticias/pamela-troya-una-lucha-por-la-igualdad/ |archive-date=2022-11-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=La Hora}} On August 5 of that year, she and her partner went to the Quito Civil Registry offices to ask to get married, which began the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Ecuador.{{Cite web |last=Cedeño |first=Johanna |year=2014 |title=Incidencia de la reforma de la constitución del Ecuador de 2008 en la representación de los GBLTI en Diario Expreso, durante el año 2013 |url=http://repositorio.ucsg.edu.ec/bitstream/3317/2259/1/T-UCSG-PRE-FIL-CCS-44.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322123241/http://repositorio.ucsg.edu.ec/bitstream/3317/2259/1/T-UCSG-PRE-FIL-CCS-44.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-22 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil |pages=48, 64}}{{Cite web |date=2013-08-05 |title=Dos mujeres piden casarse en inicio campaña matrimonio homosexual |url=http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/126753-dos-mujeres-piden-casarse-en-inicio-campaa-a-matrimonio-homosexual/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811060744/http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/126753-dos-mujeres-piden-casarse-en-inicio-campaa-a-matrimonio-homosexual/ |archive-date=2013-08-11 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=El Tiempo}} This petition was rejected by the entity days later, citing the prohibition of equal marriage in the Constitution of Ecuador and in the Civil Code as the reason for the refusal.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-08 |title=Registro Civil recuerda a lesbianas que matrimonio es hombre-mujer |url=http://www.eltiempo.com.ec:80/noticias-cuenca/126931-registro-civil-recuerda-a-lesbianas-que-matrimonio-es-hombre-mujer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811015315/http://www.eltiempo.com.ec:80/noticias-cuenca/126931-registro-civil-recuerda-a-lesbianas-que-matrimonio-es-hombre-mujer |archive-date=2013-08-11 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=El Tiempo}} In response, Troya and her girlfriend filed a protection action on August 13.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-13 |title=Pareja de lesbianas presenta hoy una acción de protección |url=http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/sociedad/item/pareja-de-lesbianas-presenta-hoy-una-accion-de-proteccion.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203083453/http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/sociedad/item/pareja-de-lesbianas-presenta-hoy-una-accion-de-proteccion.html |archive-date=2013-12-03 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Telégrafo}}{{Cite web |date=2013-11-05 |title=Lesbianas critican demora en justicia |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2013/11/05/nota/1683241/lesbianas-critican-demora-justicia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313202619/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2013/11/05/nota/1683241/lesbianas-critican-demora-justicia/ |archive-date=2014-03-13 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Universo}}
In September of the same year, civil judge Gloria Pillajo issued a ruling in which she rejected the protection action. Troya and her girlfriend appealed that decision, but the Provincial Court of Pichincha also denied the request.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-05 |title=Lesbianas critican demora en justicia |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2013/11/05/nota/1683241/lesbianas-critican-demora-justicia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313202619/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2013/11/05/nota/1683241/lesbianas-critican-demora-justicia/ |archive-date=2014-03-13 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Universo}} On June 24, 2014, both filed a last instance appeal before the Constitutional Court,{{Cite web |date=2014-06-24 |title=Pareja lesbiana lleva pedido a la Corte Constitucional |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2014/06/24/nota/3144971/pareja-lesbiana-lleva-pedido-cc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719084216/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2014/06/24/nota/3144971/pareja-lesbiana-lleva-pedido-cc/ |archive-date=2014-07-19 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Universo}} where the lawsuit remained unanswered for years.{{Cite web |last=Vaca |first=Fermín |date=2018-09-17 |title=Las cuestionadas sentencias que frenan el matrimonio igualitario |url=https://planv.com.ec/historias/cuestionadas-sentencias-que-frenan-el-matrimonio-igualitario/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206213046/https://planv.com.ec/historias/cuestionadas-sentencias-que-frenan-el-matrimonio-igualitario/ |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=PlanV}}
After the legalization of same-sex marriage in the country in June 2019, thanks to the constitutional rulings in the cases 11-18-CN and 10-18-CN.{{Cite web |last=Vaca |first=Fermín |date=2019-06-10 |title=La Corte Constitucional da luz verde al matrimonio igualitario en el Ecuador |url=https://planv.com.ec/historias/la-corte-constitucional-da-luz-verde-al-matrimonio-igualitario-el-ecuador/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206225517/https://planv.com.ec/historias/la-corte-constitucional-da-luz-verde-al-matrimonio-igualitario-el-ecuador/ |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=PlanV}} Troya was finally able to marry her girlfriend, an event that took place on August 5 of the same year,{{Cite web |last=Sanabria |first=Runa |date=2019-08-05 |title=“La sociedad jamás va a estar lista, nosotros tenemos que hacer que esté lista” |url=https://wambra.ec/matrimonio-igualitario-entrevista-pamela/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025220714/https://wambra.ec/matrimonio-igualitario-entrevista-pamela/ |archive-date=2020-10-25 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Wambra}} six years after they applied to marry for the first time. However, both divorced on September 27, 2019, 53 days after the wedding.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-12 |title=Uno de los primeros matrimonios LGBTI en Ecuador duró un poco más de un mes |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/informes/el-primer-matrimonio-lgbti-en-ecuador-duro-un-poco-mas-de-un-mes-nota/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612182132/https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/informes/el-primer-matrimonio-lgbti-en-ecuador-duro-un-poco-mas-de-un-mes-nota/ |archive-date=2021-06-12 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=El Universo}}
= Later trajectory =
For the 2021 legislative elections, Troya was one of the few openly LGBT candidates for the National Assembly. She ran on the election on behalf of the Popular Unity party to be a provincial assembly member for Pichincha.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-18 |title=“Llegar a la Asamblea no es un fin, sino como un medio para luchar por los derechos humanos” |url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/politica/1/llegar-a-la-asamblea-no-es-un-fin-sino-como-un-medio-para-luchar-por-los-derechos-humanos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217194601/https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/politica/1/llegar-a-la-asamblea-no-es-un-fin-sino-como-un-medio-para-luchar-por-los-derechos-humanos |archive-date=2024-02-17 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=El Telégrafo}} Although Popular Unity supported the presidential candidacy of environmental politician Yaku Pérez in those elections, Troya positioned herself in favor of the social democrat Xavier Hervas.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Una candidata de la alianza de Yaku Pérez dio su apoyo a Xavier Hervas |url=https://planv.com.ec/losconfidenciales/una-candidata-la-alianza-yaku-perez-dio-su-apoyo-xavier-hervas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207191806/https://planv.com.ec/losconfidenciales/una-candidata-la-alianza-yaku-perez-dio-su-apoyo-xavier-hervas/ |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=PlanV}}
In February 2022, she joined work as a national deputy coordinator of Transparency in the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), where she continued to work until September of the same year.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-06 |title=¿Ya sabe por quién votar para el Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social? |url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/pais/ccandidatos-consejo-participacion-ciudadana-control-social-febrero-2023/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123183833/https://www.lahora.com.ec/pais/ccandidatos-consejo-participacion-ciudadana-control-social-febrero-2023/ |archive-date=2022-11-23 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=La Hora}} Previously, she had already worked in the entity as an advisor. During the following year's selections, Troya was a candidate on the women's list for the CPCCS, but obtained sixth place and was not elected.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-08 |title=Resultados elecciones 2023: los 7 vocales de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social ya están definidos |url=https://www.ecuavisa.com/consulta-popular-referendum-ecuador-2024/resultados-elecciones-2023-los-7-vocales-de-participacion-ciudadana-y-control-social-ya-estan-definidos-EE4413240 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207192505/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.ecuavisa.com/consulta-popular-referendum-ecuador-2024/resultados-elecciones-2023-los-7-vocales-de-participacion-ciudadana-y-control-social-ya-estan-definidos-EE4413240 |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Ecuavisa}}
In June 2024, Troya and the politician Santiago Becdach filed a complaint with the Electoral Contentious Court against four members of the CPCCS (two principals and two alternates) alleging that their candidacies were promoted by the Citizen Revolution Movement.{{Cite web |last=Rosero |first=Mariela |date=2024-06-26 |title=Pamela Troya y Santiago Becdach van tras la 'Liga Azul' que llegó al Cpccs |url=https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/politica/pamela-troya-santiago-becdach-liga-azul-llego-cpccs-204685.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629012307/https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/politica/pamela-troya-santiago-becdach-liga-azul-llego-cpccs-204685.html |archive-date=2024-06-29 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Expreso}} On September 3rd of the same year, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and dismissed the appointed councilors.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-05 |title=Pamela Troya: Esperamos que la sentencia sea ratificatoria y sancione la infracción electoral |url=https://www.teleamazonas.com/destitucion-liga-azul-cpccs-pamela-troya/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906013627/https://www.teleamazonas.com/destitucion-liga-azul-cpccs-pamela-troya/ |archive-date=2024-09-06 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Teleamazonas}}
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