Paola Concia

The Honourable Anna Paola Concia
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office April 14, 2008
Personal details
Born	4 July 1963 ( 1963 -07-04) (age 48) Avezzano, L'Aquila, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party
Domestic partner	Ricarda Trautmann

Anna Paola Concia (born 4 July 1963; Avezzano) is an Italian politician and gay rights activist. She was the first openly lesbian member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.^[1]

Biography

Concia was born in Avezzano, and she graduated in sports science from L'Aquila's Istituto Superiore di Educazione Fisica; following her graduation, she has worked as a physical education and tennis instructor.^[2] She first became involved with politics while at ISEF, and she was initially a member of the Italian Communist Party.^[2]

Concia moved to Rome in 1992 following the death of her mother and the collapse of her marriage.^[2] She worked as a parliamentary assistant before working as an adviser to Anna Finocchiaro, the minister responsible for equal opportunities.^[2] Concia later advised Giovanna Melandri after her promotion to Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities in 1998.^[2] Following the 2001 general election, Concia left politics to pursue her work in tennis.^[2] She came out a year later.^[2]

Concia was named as the Democratic Party's spokesperson on homosexuality, and she used her position within the party to become a prominent activist for equal rights.^[1][2] She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2008 general election.^[3]

In August 2011 she registered her partnership with Ricarda Trautmann in Frankfurt.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Alexander Chancellor (13 August 2010). "Italy's 'summer of homophobia'". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/13/alexander-chancellor. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Paola Concia - Biografia" (in Italian). paolaconcia.it. http://www.paolaconcia.it/b/?page_id=1076. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
3. ^ "Deputati - CONCIA Anna Paola" (in Italian). camera.it. http://www.camera.it/29?shadow_deputato=302894. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 

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Name	Concia, Paola
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Date of birth	4 July 1963
Place of birth	Avezzano, L'Aquila, Italy
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