{"id":53182,"date":"2023-03-07T11:09:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T02:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/07\/georgina-beyer-worlds-first-transgender-mp-remembered-as-trailblazer"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T02:09:48","slug":"sex-worker-survivor-maori-tv-star-worlds-first-transgender-mp-remembered-as-trailblazer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=53182","title":{"rendered":"Sex worker, survivor, M\u0101ori TV star: world\u2019s first transgender MP remembered as trailblazer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgina Beyer was a formidable force for New Zealand\u2019s rainbow community, pushing reforms on sex work and civil unions<\/p>\n<p>Believed to be the world\u2019s first transgender person to become a member of parliament, Georgina Beyer is remembered in New Zealand for her courage, sharp, ribald humour and fierce advocacy of the communities she represented.<\/p>\n<p>The trailblazing MP \u2013 a former sex worker, sexual assault survivor, M\u0101ori woman and television star \u2013 entered parliament in 2005. She won the Wairarapa seat \u2013 once considered a rural, conservative stronghold \u2013 with a resounding victory and a 32% swing to Labour. Having served her community as mayor for five years, Beyer won over constituents with a straight-talking, upfront style and a constant presence at community events. In parliament, she became a force on behalf of the rainbow community, helping push forward progressive law reform on sex work and civil unions, often despite fierce opposition.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/07\/georgina-beyer-worlds-first-transgender-mp-remembered-as-trailblazer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgina Beyer was a formidable force for New Zealand\u2019s rainbow community, pushing reforms on sex work and civil unionsBelieved to be the world\u2019s first transgender person to become a member of parliament, Georgina Beyer is remembered in New Zealand for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,56,933,572,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-new-zealand","category-new-zealand-politics","category-transgender","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53183,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53182\/revisions\/53183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}