Patria Jiménez (born Elsa Patria Jiménez Flores in 1957 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is Mexican politician and head of (Sister Juana's Closet). In 1997, representing the PRD. Openly lesbian, she became the first gay member of Mexico's legislature in the country's history—the first in any legislature in Latin America. Jiménez is the longtime head of Sister Juana's Closet, a lesbian rights group named after Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Carmelite nun and renowned Mexican poet. It is a United Nations accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).