Trailblazing transgender politician Georgina Beyer dies aged 65

Ms Beyer had previously suffered from kidney failure and underwent a kidney transplant in 2017

New Zealand politician Georgina Beyer (Herald on Sunday via AP)

Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of parliament, has died at the age of 65.

Friends of Ms Beyer said she died peacefully in hospice care.