Elsa Ruiz

Elsa Ruiz, born 2 March 1987 in Madrid, is a Spanish comedian, monologist, illustrator and YouTuber, as well as a feminist and trans activist. She began her career performing comic monologues on stage before expanding into television, radio and digital media. In 2017 she launched a YouTube channel narrating her experiences as a trans woman and reflecting on LGBTBI life with a humorous perspective, and she created an accompanying webcomic on the same themes, along with the political comic strip series Mi pequeño Poni-Tico. On television she has been a regular collaborator on Todo es mentira (Cuatro), hosted by Risto Mejide, and on Sobreviviré with Nagore Robles. On radio she has worked on programs including Sun Days on EDM Radio, Tarde lo que tarde on RNE and Vamos Tarde on Europa FM. She also contributed a comic to the collective anthology (h)amor 6 trans, published by Editorial Continta Me Tienes.