Titti De Simone
Native nameCaterina De Simone
OfficeMember of the Chamber of Deputies
Term start30 May 2001
Term end28 April 2008
Parliament14th, 15th
Parliamentary groupPRC
Birth dateFebruary 15, 1970 (age 56)
Birth placePalermo, Italy
PartyCommunist Refoundation Party
OccupationPolitician · journalist

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Caterina De Simone" (in Italian). Camera dei deputati - Portale storico. Parlamento Italiano. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Titti De Simone". Openpolis. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ Baroni, Monica (2006). "De Simone, Titti". 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)" (in it-IT). GAYNEWS. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.