Caterina De Simone, known as Titti De Simone (born 15 February 1970) is an Italian politician and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the 14th and 15th parliaments from 2001 to 2008 for the Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista).[1][2] When elected in 2001 she was the first openly lesbian member of the Chamber of Deputies.[3]

De Simone in 2007 at the Pride march in Rome

She was born in Palermo, Sicily. She has a diploma from an istituto tecnico per il turismo and is a journalist.[1] In July 2019 she entered into a civil union with Francesca (Chicca) Vitucci.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "Caterina De Simone". Camera dei deputati - Portale storico (in Italian). Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Titti De Simone". Openpolis. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ Baroni, Monica (2006). "De Simone, Titti". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. Routledge. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-136-76181-2. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Dopo 15 anni insieme Titti De Simone e Chicca Vitucci unite civilmente (Gallery)". GAYNEWS (in Italian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.