Paola Revenioti Πάολα Ρεβενιώτη (1959–) poet, photographer, sex worker, activist.

Revenioti was born and raised in Piraeus, the port of Athens. His father was a factory worker, his mother a hairdresser. His father's family regarded his homosexuality as shameful and he joined the navy academy at 13 to escape. That is where he first had sex.

He was expelled three years later and moved to Exarchia, in downtown Athens and lived as female. She made a living as a sex worker.

"I've met all sorts of people, from murderers to saints. I have seen the secrets of the Greek man, I've seen as few saw."

In the 1980s Paola was involved in many protests against state repression and for gay and trans (parendytikon) rights. In 1985 she published a collection of poetry Σαλτάρισμα (Saltarisma). From 1986-92 she published Kraximo, a 'trans-anarchist fanzine' which ran articles about gay and trans rights and photographs of her tricks.

In 1990 Paola became the first trans candidate for the Οικολόγων Εναλλακτικών (Alternate Ecological Party), and was one of the founders of the Greek version of ACT UP. In 1992 she was a prime mover in Athens' first gay pride, which was done without there being any gay organizations to support it. In 2003 she was elected as the president of the SATTE= Σωματείου Αλληλεγγύης Τραβεστί Τρανσέξουαλ Ελλάδος (Solidarity Association of Greek Transsexuals and Transvestites).

In 2008 she was a co-author of Η ιστορία του λεσβιακού, γκέι, αμφί και τρανς κινήματος στην Ελλάδα: μια πρώτη αποτίμηση(The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans movement in Greece: a first assessment), and appeared in the short film, Κι αν είναι αλήθεια; (What if it is true?).

In October 2013 she had an exhibition of her photographs in London.

• Еγο Лэтяο. "An afternoon cup of coffee with Paola ". Ough, 21/05/2012. www.ough.gr/index.php?mod=articles&op=view&id=899&lang=en.
  
• "Πάολα: ένας θρύλος του αντεργκράουντ μιλά στη LiFO: Με αφορμή μια έκθεση με φωτογραφίες της που ξεκινά στις 17 Ιανουαρίου στην γκαλερί The Breeder ". LiFo, 8.1.2013. www.lifo.gr/mag/features/3572.
  
• Hannah Lack. "Paola Revenioti: The Greek transgender activist on blowing up sexual taboos in the name of art". Dazed Digital, 2013-05-07. www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16110/1/paola-revenioti.
  
• Marina Fokidis. "Paola Revenioti". Frieze, 155, May 2013. www.frieze.com/issue/review/paola-revenioti.
  
• Jean Paul Zapata. "Trans artist sex worker shows off lovers in London photo exhibit: Trans artist and prostitute Paola Revenioti shares photos of her former lovers and clients from 19 October to 3 November at East London’s George and Dragon gay bar". Gay Star News, 18 October 2013. www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-artist-sex-worker-shows-lovers-london-photo-exhibit181013.
  

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