Belgium appoints Europe's prime transsexual minister
GAYLES.TV.- Petra Sutter has become the elected transgender prime minister in Europe. Her appointment as Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium it is a historical fact on the continent. Sutter, 57, is a gynecologist and fertility expert and is part of the Green Party of European Parliament. As an MEP, she has chaired the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionRy has co-chaired the MEPs Against Cancer Group. She has also been a member of the Senate Belgian.
She has always been a great defender of feminism and the rights of the collective LGBT +, especially of the gender identity that he has claimed in each of the political positions he has held. «I am proud that in Belgium and in most of the European Union your gender identity does not define you as a person and is not a problema », has stated. And he added that he hopes this «can open a debate in countries where this is not yet the case«.
I am proud that in ?? and in most of ?? your gender identity does not define you as a person and is a non-issue. I hope that my appointment as Minister and deputy PM can trigger the debate in countries where this is not yet the case. #fighttransphobia pic.twitter.com/WdgHu2gyy6
- Petra De Sutter (@pdsutter) October 4, 2020
Belgium It has taken 16 months to form a government, since the May 2019 elections, and before that, in December 2018, the federal government of Charles Michel. Since then, they have been with a functioning government. So 650 days after the fall of the previous government, they have formed a government at the hands of Alexander DeCroo.
Her first statements as minister have been: «In collaboration with the Government team and with all public officials, I intend to work on the modernization of the Government and its transition to digitall '. «I am proud to become Minister of Public Service and Public Enterprises. The coronavirus health crisis shows that we need a strong government to safeguard the public interest«, Has assured after taking the oath.
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