Georgina Beyer, world's first transgender parliamentarian, dead at 65

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Category : Obituaries Published on: March 08 2023

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New Zealand's Georgina Beyer, who was the world's first openly transgender Member of Parliament (MP), passed away in hospice care at 65.
Beyer was LGBTQ rights advocate and a former sex worker, actor and drag queen.
She was elected to New Zealand's national Parliament in 1999 and had also served as the Mayor of the town of Carterton.
In 2020, Beyer was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the rainbow community.

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Georgina Beyer, world's first transgender parliamentarian, dead at 65