Estefania Cortes-Vargas

Estefania Cortes-Vargas
Cortes-Vargas in 2015
MLA for Strathcona-Sherwood Park
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Dave Quest
Personal details
Born	1990/1991 (age 25–26) Colombia
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Occupation	Educational assistant

Estefania Cortes-Vargas (born 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Strathcona-Sherwood Park as a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party. Upon election they became one of the first three out LGBT people elected to the Alberta legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Michael Connolly and Ricardo Miranda.

Although Cortes-Vargas was represented in media coverage during the election campaign as female and lesbian, in December 2015 they formally came out as genderqueer in the legislature during debate on the inclusion of transgender rights in the provincial human rights code. While the provincial Hansard normally reports members' speeches under the gender honorifics "Mr." or "Ms.", Cortes-Vargas is recorded as "Member Cortes-Vargas".