CONTACTStaffCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2024 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
The mayor is transgender. So is the mayoress. And the university city of Cambridge, England, has taken them in its stride.
Jenny Bailey, 45, was installed on Thursday as mayor of the Cambridge city council, and her partner, Jennifer Liddle, 49, a former council member, assumed the honorary title of mayoress.
Both were born male and had gender-reassignment surgery in their 30s. According to the Local Government Association, Bailey is the first transgender person to serve as a mayor.
"This is fantastic," Bailey said after being installed. She has two sons with her ex-wife, who remains a friend.
Rob Hammond, Cambridge council's chief executive, said he knew there would be interest in the new mayor's sex change.
"It is the council's firm view that someone's gender and sexual orientation has no bearing on their suitability to hold public office," Hammond said.
Bailey, a Liberal Democrat, had previously served as deputy mayor. "People can take me as a role model if they want," The [London] Times newspaper quoted her as saying. "But for transgender people, all we want is to disappear and become normal, so I don't want to let it define me. When you go through transgender experience and come through the other side, you are just happy to get on with normal life, normal problems, so this is a wonderful opportunity." (AP)
Want more breaking equality news & trending entertainment stories?
Check out our NEW 24/7 streaming service: the Advocate Channel!
Download the Advocate Channel App for your mobile phone and your favorite streaming device!
From our Sponsors
Most Popular
Meet all 37 of the queer women in this season's WNBA
April 17 2024 11:24 AM
Here are the 15 gayest travel destinations in the world: report
March 26 2024 9:23 AM
21+ steamy photos of Scotland’s finest gay men in Elska Glasgow
February 01 2024 10:07 PM
More Than 50 of Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Moms
May 12 2024 11:44 AM
Conjoined twins Lori Schappell and trans man George Schappell dead at 62
April 27 2024 6:13 PM
Latest Stories
Nancy Pelosi endorses Kamala Harris for president
July 22 2024 4:07 PM
Charli XCX declares Kamala Harris IS brat & our next President's campaign agrees
July 22 2024 3:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg roasts JD Vance and his gay tech bro billionaire
July 22 2024 1:42 PM
The AIDs pandemic can be ended by 2030, but governments must act: report
July 22 2024 1:01 PM
Conservatives' first attack on Kamala Harris: Pronouns and accessibility?
July 22 2024 12:45 PM
Advancing equality during Disability Pride Month
July 22 2024 11:30 AM