Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
2023-03-06
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The world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, Georgina Beyer, passed away on Monday at the age of 65. She was a pioneering New Zealand politician who broke barriers and inspired many.
Her friends said she left this world peacefully in hospice care, without disclosing the cause of her death. Beyer had battled with kidney failure and received a kidney transplant in 2017.
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