Óscar Ugarte (journalist)

Óscar Ugarte
Bornc. 1956
Alma materNational University of La Plata
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • LGBTQ activist

Óscar Ugarte Ordóñez (b. 1955/1956) is an Ecuadorian journalist, LGBTQ activist, and documentary director. He was one of the first public figures in Ecuador to come out, and among the first openly LGBTQ people to run for elected office in the country.

He has been involved with LGBTQ organizations such as Famivida, Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad and Ecuador Diverso, an organization he presided over. He was also president of the Association of Ecological and Tourism Journalists (Asopet), which he founded in 1999.

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