New Zealand s Georgina Beyer, world s first openly transgender MP, dies

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the age of 65.She had long battled kidney disease but statements about her death did not mention the cause.A former sex worker, actor and
Island
She served as a Labour MP until 2007.Made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 for services to the
rainbow community, she was known for her work in the legalisation of civil unions and gay marriage as well as the decriminalisation of
I have ever known who have died before the age of 20 because of the inhumanity and hypocrisy of a society that would not ever give them the
Mana Party in 2014 but was unsuccessful.Beyer received a kidney transplant in 2017 after four years of end-stage renal failure that required
nearest and dearest 24/7 over the past week, she accepted what was happening, was cracking jokes and had a twinkle in her eye, right until