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meadowlander

(4,395 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2023, 12:53 AM Mar 2023

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/worlds-first-openly-transgender-mp-and-mayor-georgina-beyer-dies-aged-65/XJYEBLG24JEZFJ5TZPNG7LSPTE/

"Georgina Beyer, the world’s first openly transgender Member of Parliament and mayor has died aged 65....

Beyer became the first openly transgender mayor in the world when she was chosen to serve as Carterton’s mayor in 1995.

She was later elected as a member of parliament in 1999 as Wairarapa MP and in 2005 elected as the first openly transgender MP."

A woman whose remarkable life deserves some exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Beyer

Moe mai rā.

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World's first openly transgender mayor and Member of Parliament has passed (Original Post) meadowlander Mar 2023 OP

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1. Thank you, Georgina & my condolences to your friends and loved ones. You made a difference.

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 02:14 AM

Mar 2023