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member of the New Zealand Parliament Georgina Baierrecognized first transgender MP peace, died on Monday due to health concerns, Wellington Parliament said. Although the official cause of death
member of the New Zealand Parliament Georgina Baierrecognized first transgender MP peace, died on Monday due to health concerns, Wellington Parliament said. Although the official cause of death is still unknown, the 65-year-old MP, who was also first trans woman mayor in 1995 he suffered from kidney problems for years.
“Today we mourn the death of Georgina Beyer, the first openly transgender. Georgina has left a deep mark on Parliament and we extend our condolences to her loved ones,” the statement said. parliament New Zealand via Twitter.
Before entering politics, Beyer, a native of Europe and Maori, was sex-change operation in 1984 and worked as an artist”transvestite“, leading and sex worker before winning the 1995 mayoral election in Carterton north of New Zealand; she was re-elected in 1998.
be a candidate for Labor Party to parliament in the 1999 elections, she stepped down as mayor and received seatwhich he renewed in 2002 and 2005. In his inaugural address as a Member of Parliament, he stressed the importance of moving through historical barrier becoming the first trans MP.
“I am the first transgender person to win a seat in the New Zealand Parliament. This is a first not only for New Zealand, ladies and gentlemen, but for the whole world. This historical moment“, he pointed out in the New Zealand House.
She was appointed Queen in 2020 Isabella II as a member New Zealand Order of Meritfor his services to LGBT+ community. Similarly, his work to legalize civil unions and same-sex marriageand the decriminalization of abortion, reports DW.
Before Parliament in 2003, he defended legal reform in prostitution: “I support this bill for all the prostitutes I knew who died under the age of 20 due to the inhumanity and hypocrisy of a society that never gave them a chance to redeem themselves, no matter what circumstances forced them to come into this industry” . the publication reported.
Received news of the death of a politician and activist bereavement messages and condolences to important leaders of the country. He Prime Minister from New Zealand Chris Hipkins, said on Twitter that “Georgina has left a deep mark on Parliament.” He added, “Georgina paved the way for others to follow much more easily.”
There were even messages from the opposition party. Nicola WillisDeputy Head National Partymourned Bayer’s death and learned his work from social networks.
Likewise New Zealand MP Shanan Halbert expressed condolences on behalf of the Labor Parliamentary Committee Rainbow, which addresses LGBT+ issues. “She pioneered the rainbow community by lending her voice and leadership to our community by becoming the first openly transgender MP. She was a champion human rights And gender identity“, he pointed out to EFE. “She will be greatly missed, not only in the rainbow community, but throughout New Zealand,” he concluded.
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