Janneth Peña

Janneth Peña
Born1961
Cuenca, Ecuador
Known forLGBTQ activism

Janneth Peña López (born c. 1961) is an Ecuadorian LGBTQ rights activist. She is considered one of the pioneers of lesbian activism in Cuenca, and in 2011 was the first LGBTQ person in Ecuador to obtain a widow's pension for the death of her same-sex partner. Additionally, she was a founder of the Ecuadorian Organization of Lesbian Women (OEML) and the LGBT collective Cuenca Inclusiva.