In Memory of

Georgina Beyer

07 Nov 1957 - 06 Mar 2023

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  • First Names:Georgina
  • Also known as:Georgie
  • Last Name:Beyer
  • Other Names:BERTRAND / TAMATI
  • Age:65y
  • Country:New Zealand
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Georgina (65) was the world’s first transgender Mayor (Carterton in 1995) and Member of Parliament (Labour 1999-2007).She was a keynote speaker at the first International Conference on LGBT Human Rights in Montreal in 2006 and was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to LGBTIQA+ rights in 2020. She battled liver failure for a decade, even having a transplant in 2017 but sadly died in hospice care in 2023.
She will be forever remembered a champion for LGBT rights and gender identity.

Sources :
Wikipedia
RNZ News

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