Transgender and Transsexual Politicians - Amanda Simpson, Anna Grodzka, Aya Kamikawa, Camille Cabral, Enza Anderson, Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval, Geo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 17. Chapters: Amanda Simpson, Anna Grodzka, Aya Kamikawa, Camille Cabral, Enza Anderson, Fulvia Celica Siguas Sandoval, Georgina Beyer, Jamie Lee Hamilton, Jennifer Gale, Jenny Bailey, Jessica Orsini, Joanne Conte, Kim Coco Iwamoto, Manuela Trasobares, Melissa Sue Robinson, Micheline Montreuil, Murray Hall (politician), Shabnam Mausi, Stu Rasmussen, Victoria Kolakowski, Vladimir Luxuria, Yollada Suanyot. Excerpt: Georgina Beyer (born November 1957 as George Bertrand) was the world's first openly transsexual mayor, as well as 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. Georgina Bertrand was born biologically male, and given the name George, in 1957 at Wellington Hospital to Jack Bertrand and Noeline (nee Tamati). She was named after her maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel George Bertrand, who was second in command in the M ori Battalion. Her parents were living in Hataitai at the time of her birth. She is of Te ti Awa, Ng ti Mutunga, Ng ti Raukawa, and Ng ti Porou descent. Her mother had a second child to her first husband in December 1958 - Karen. She was adopted out and none of the family knew that Noeline had been pregnant a second time. Georgina, then known as George, Bertrand was sent to live with her grandparents on their farm in Taranaki during the second pregnancy. Her parents divorced by 1962. Her mother married again in 1962. Her second husband was Colin Beyer, a recent law school graduate. The couple moved to Upper Hutt. Georgina aka George Bertrand, now aged four and a half years, returned to live with her mother and stepfather. A brother, Andrew, was born in December 1963. Georgina aka George Bertrand attended Upper Hutt Primary School and from age seven, after the family moved to the Wellington suburb of Crofton Downs, Ngaio School. With marital problems developing, Georgina aka George was sent to Wellesley College boarding school, where she tried to commit suicide amid feelings of rejection by her parents. From Form 2, she attended the school as a day pupil, as the hostel had closed. After her parents' marriage failed in 1971, financial constraints meant that a private school was no longer affordable, and Georgina aka George attended Onslow College in Form 3. Noeline Beyer with Andrew and Georgina aka George then moved to Papatoetoe to be near fa