In 1999, the largely conservative Wairarapa district in New Zealand elected a former cabaret performer/actress named Georgina Beyer to the country's House of Parliament -- a seemingly unremarkable event in that country's history except for the fact that Beyer is a transsexual and may very well be the first transsexual in the world to be elected to a national office. In their 2002 biographical documentary Georgie Girl, co-directors Peter Wells and Annie Goldson highlight the popular Member of Parliament's rapid rise through local government to prominence in the New Zealand national government.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- SBS, NZ on Air, Television New Zealand, Open Society Foundations
Keywords
- politics
- mayor
- new zealand
- maori
- election
- drag
- sex work
- queer
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