Petra De Sutter made history Thursday with her appointment as Belgium’s new deputy prime minister, making her the highest-ranking transgender politician in Europe. De Sutter has previously broken new ...

Katrin Hugendubel is advocacy director at ILGA-Europe. The appointment of Petra De Sutter as Belgium’s deputy prime minister — the first out transgender minister in Europe — is a milestone. But what ...

Green MEP Petra De Sutter will become deputy prime minister in the new Belgian government, Green party leader Meyrem Almaci said Thursday. De Sutter will also oversee Belgium's public administration ...

Petra De Sutter, Belgium’s deputy prime minister from the Greens, called on the country’s government to sanction Israel on Wednesday. “It is time for sanctions against Israel. The bombing is inhumane, ...

The first transgender politician to reach high office in Belgium has been attacked online by a far-right politician just days after she was appointed. Vice Premier Petra De Sutter, 57, of the Green ...

Belgium’s new deputy prime minister, Petra De Sutter, knows why she is being interviewed. “If I were not a transgender woman, you would not be sitting here, right?” she says, smiling. “But ideally, ...

"I am proud that in Belgium and most of Europe your gender identity does not define you as a person and is a non-issue." Belgian politician Petra de Sutter, who became Belgium’s first openly trans MP ...

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