Name and Purview
Georgina Beyer
first openly transsexual mayer
world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament for the Labor Party in New Zealand
Quote
- Mr. Speaker, I can't help but mention the number of firsts that are in this Parliament. Our first Rastafarian… our first Polynesian woman… and yes, I have to say it, I guess, I am the first transsexual in New Zealand to be standing in this House of Parliament. This is a first not only in New Zealand, ladies and gentlemen, but also in the world. This is an historic moment. We need to acknowledge that this country of ours leads the way in so many aspects. We have led the way for women getting the vote. We have led the way in the past, and I hope we will do so again in the future in social policy and certainly in human rights.
Eary Life
Beyer was born George Bertrand in 1957 at Wellington Hospital to Jack and Noeline Bertrand (née Tamati) and assigned male at birth. The named after her maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel George Bertrand, who was second in command in the Maori Battalion. Her parents were living in Hataitai at the time of her birth. She is of Pakeha, Te Ati Awa, Nagati Mutunga, Nagati Raukawa, and Nagati Porou descent. Her mother had a second child to her first husband in December 1958 – Karen. Karen was adopted out and few in the family knew that her mother had been pregnant a second time. Beyer was sent to live with her grandparents on their farm in Taranaki during this second pregnancy. Her parents divorced by 1962.
Current Personal Life
She lived in Australia for some time, and on her return to New Zealand began seeking work as an actor with increasing success, culminating in a GOFTA award nomination for "Jewel's Darl" in 1987. In 1984 she underwent sex reassignment surgery.
Beyer became a part of the Wellington gay nightclub scene, initially as a singer and drag-queen performer, and later as a sex worker.
After shifting to Carterton, in the Wairarapa, she worked as a radio host. Beyer was the local news presenter and part of the inaugural breakfast crew on Paul Henry's Radio Station - TODAY FM WAIRARAPA 89.3.
Important Jobs
・first openly transsexual mayer
・world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament for the Labor Party in New Zealand
・local news presenter
Important Events
At the 1999 general election, Beyer was selected as the Labour Party's candidate for the Wairarapa electorate.
At the 2002 election, Beyer re-contested Wairarapa for Labour.
Awards&Achievements
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