Vladimir Luxuria

Vladimir Luxuria
Vladimir Luxuria at Roma Pride 2019
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
ConstituencyLazio
Personal details
Born
Wladimiro Guadagno

(1965-06-24) 24 June 1965 (age 59)
Foggia, Apulia, Italy
Political partyCommunist Refoundation Party
EducationSapienza University of Rome
Profession
  • LGBTQ+ activist
  • politician
  • author
  • television personality
  • actress
  • playwright

Vladimir Luxuria (Italian: [ˈvlaːdimir luˈksuːrja]; born 24 June 1965) is an Italian activist, television personality and actress. Luxuria was a Communist Refoundation Party MP, belonging to The Union coalition led by Romano Prodi.

She was the first openly transgender member of Parliament in Europe, and the world's second openly transgender MP after New Zealander Georgina Beyer. She lost her seat in the election of April 2008.

In the 2006 general election, Luxuria was elected to the Chamber of Deputies by the Lazio 1 constituency in Rome. She lost her seat in the 2008 election. After the retirement of Beyer and Luxuria, there were no transgender MPs reported in the world, until 2011, when Anna Grodzka was elected to the Polish parliament.[1]