A famous singer and theatre and TV artist who help to visualise transsexuality in her performances at Barcelona's theatres. She was a victim of repression during the Franco regime due to her homosexuality. Following the Transition, she came up with a figure who made transsexuality visible in various erotic-festive shows. In the 1990s, she received a lot of media attention for her appearances in different TV programmes. She also made the leap into politics and in 2010 she was second on the list of the Coordinadora Reusenca Independent (CORI – Independent Reus Coordinator) party, which stood in the Catalan general election.
For decades she was an icon of nightlife in the Raval. The El Cangrejo nightclub, where Mairena used to perform her shows, is close to the metro L3 Drassanes stop.
A famous singer and theatre and television artist, she contributed to bringing visibility to transsexuality in her performances in Barcelona's theatres. She suffered from retaliation due to her homosexuality during the Franco regime.