This transgender woman of 55 years has been elected to Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the North. It defends the sustainable development, the local economy and the sh
This transgender woman of 55 years has been elected to Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in the North. It defends the sustainable development, the local economy and the short circuits”.
This could be a step forward in the standardization of the public image of transgender people. A transgender woman has been elected as the Saturday morning the mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (Nord) by the municipal council of the village of 550 inhabitants, composed solely of members of its list, she announced, confirming information of the Voice of the North.
Mary Cau, 55, “is, to my knowledge, the first transgender person elected mayor in France”, said Stéphanie Nicot, co-founder of the national Association transgender (ANT), specifying, however, that “people were able to pass under the radar, don’t make this public”.
an Engineer, a graduate agricultural technicians, a BTS Horticultural and passed by the army before “convert to it”, Marie Cau was elected with 14 votes and one vote invalid. In the election of 15 march, the candidates of his list were obtained from 63.5 and 73.1% for the vote, the participation rate amounting to 67.9%.
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“Fully woman” for the past five years
“It’s a beautiful score by period Covid-19 !”, she says, “not at all surprise, since the list was a desire for change”. “Completely wife for about five years,” after transition “phase-out” for fifteen years, Marie Cau has “not yet changed to civil status”, but intends to do so in the future, “to avoid red tape”. “I have not had to change the name because Marie is my third given name from birth and I use it frequently for the past two years as the civil code will permit me”, she explains.
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From 2016, the change in marital status has been facilitated for transgender people, who no longer have to justify it by medical documents, but must always go before a tribunal to get it. “I’m not a person militant,” says Mary Cau, who wish to remain discrete and focus on the municipal agenda.
The “value” rather than the kind
“Precisely, the people didn’t elected because I was transgender or against, they have elected a program. This is what is interesting : when things become normal, it is not shown of the finger”, she said.
the Inhabitants of the village for twenty years, mother of three children and defending “a model based on sustainable development, the local economy and the short circuit, the social and the living better together”, she racked up her duties as mayor with his company “it consulting”.
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For the activist Stéphanie Nicot, “this election shows that even if France is very behind on all issues relating to minorities, our citizens are becoming more progressive,” choosing their elected representatives “in considering the value of individuals, regardless of their gender identity”.
Date Of Update: 25 May 2020, 16:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn