Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, has died. GeorginaBeyer kprc2 click2houston
New Zealand politician Georgina Beyer poses for a photo at Parliament in Wellington, on Dec. 21, 2006. Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday, March 6, 2023, at the age of 65. – Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65.
“I certainly think that Georgina has blazed a trail that has made it much easier for others to follow,” Hipkins said. Beyer, who was Māori, worked as a sex worker and nightclub performer before turning to politics. In 1995 she was elected mayor of the small North Island town of Carterton. Four years later, she won national office for the liberal Labour Party and remained a lawmaker until 2007.
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