Portal:Transgender

Georgina Beyer (b 1957) was the world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament, and from 27 November 1999 until 14 February 2007 was an MP for the Labour Party in New Zealand.

Born George Bertrand in 1957 in Wellington, Māori of Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Raukawa, and Ngāti Porou descent, Beyer spent her early childhood on her grandparents' farm in Taranaki. Later she shifted to Wellington to live with her mother, who had subsequently married Colin Beyer, a prominent lawyer and businessman. Shortly after leaving school at Wellington's Onslow College, Beyer discovered Wellington's gay scene, and at the age of 17 realised she was transgender.

• ... that in just one night, thousands of books on the experiences and medical care of transgender people in Nazi Germany were burned for being "un-German"?
• ... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to use deadnames in bylines?
• ... that Lucy Salani is considered the only known Italian transgender person to survive the Nazi concentration camps?
• ... that Precious Brady-Davis and her husband were the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate?
• ... that París Galán, who introduced a style of drag performance in Bolivia, became the first-ever transgender individual to win elective office in the country?
• ... that the veto of an Indiana law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports was overridden by the state legislature?

• 8 – Laura Jane Grace (1980), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 14 – Wendy Carlos (1939), American musician and composer
• 15 – Leelah Alcorn (1997-2014), American transgender girl
• 21 – Amanda Lepore (1967), American model, singer and performance artist
• 23 – Miley Cyrus (1992), American gender fluid singer, songwriter, and actress
• 24 – Candy Darling (1944-1974), American actress and transsexual icon
• 29 – Fallon Fox (1975), American transgender mixed martial artist
• 29 – Liv Hewson (1995), Australian non-binary actor

• ... that African-American gay and transgender youth Ali Forney, once homeless himself, had a homeless LGBT youth center in New York City named after him for his work helping other youths?
• ... that non-binary transgender actor Indya Moore became the first transgender person to be featured on the cover of the US version of Elle magazine when they were featured in May 2019?
• ... that Jennie June (b. 1874), one of the earliest transgender people to publish an autobiography in the US, published the first and second volumes in 1918 and 1922, and wrote a third volume which was discovered in 2010?

The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that cis people are not more valuable or legitimate and that trans people who blend as cis are not more valuable or legitimate. We must recognize, discuss, and dismantle this hierarchy that polices bodies and values certain ones over others. We must recognize that we all have different experiences of oppression and privilege, and I recognize that my ability to blend as cis is one conditional privilege that does not negate the fact that I experience the world as a trans woman (with my own fears, insecurities, and body-image issues) no matter how attractive people may think I am.