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.
Georgina Beyer
Herself
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February 16, 2001
1h 9m
3.3
Annie Goldson
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3
SBS
AU
NZ on Air
NZ
Television New Zealand
NZ
Open Society Foundations
US
University of Auckland
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