Zuliana Alejandra Araya Gutiérrez (born August 13, 1964) is a Chilean politician and transgender rights activist.

[1][2] She has served as a Valparaíso city council, and president of the Afrodita union.

[3] Araya's political career began in 2001 when she assumed the regional presidency and a founder of the Afrodita union, the first transgender union group in Chile.

In July 2012, she legally changed her name to "Zuliana Araya".

[1][7] In December 2019, she was able to have sex reassignment surgery, due to a new Gender identity law (Chile) [es].