Loren Arana Arellano
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Loren Arana Arellano | |
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| Born | 1938 Trebujena, Andalusia, Spain |
| Died | 2002 (aged 63–64) Trebujena, Andalusia, Spain |
Loren Arana Arellano (1938–2002) was a Spanish trans woman and LGBTQ rights activist. She lived from prostitution in Madrid and became known for starring in the 1983 documentary Vestida de azul.
Loren Arana Arellano was born in 1938, into a family of eight siblings. She grew up in the municipality of Trebujena, in the province of Cádiz. She completed her military service, and later adopted the name of Loren. She worked in the house of some marquises as a domestic service staff.
In 1983, she starred in the documentary by Antonio Giménez-Rico Vestida de azul, a pioneer in the representation of the reality of trans women in Spain.
She suffered a stroke, according to her partner and friend Juani Ruiz.
At some point in her life she was imprisoned in Carabanchel by the Law of Danger and Social Rehabilitation, and after serving her sentence, in 1996 she moved from Madrid to her hometown, where she lived until her death in 2002.[1]