On March 6, Georgina Beyer a pioneering New Zealand politician who, in 1999, became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament passed away at the age of 65. Beyer’s friends said she died peacefully in hospice care,

Dana Piccoli is an award winning writer, critic and the managing director of News is Out, a queer media collaborative. Dana was named one of The Advocate Magazine’s 2019 Champions of Pride. She was...