Marie Cau, transgender mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, deplores “uninhibited political transphobia”

For Marie Cau, transgender mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (North), the world day against homophobia and transphobia, which takes place on Friday May 17, is “even more essential than before”. “Today, the moment is serious, since we are seeing a rise in generalized and extremely politicized transphobia, with for the first time an openly transphobic bill arriving in the Assembly”she continues in the 11/13 info, inviting “all deputies to block”. Supported by Republican senators, this bill “aims to prohibit medical care for transgender children”recalls the first transgender woman elected mayor in France.

If on a daily basis, “things are changing”the mayor points once again “uninhibited political transphobia” nourished by “an outbidding of extreme right-wing parties (…) and also, unfortunately, of Republican deputies”. Elected by the inhabitants of her commune, Marie Cau recounts her journey in a book, Madam Mayor. “I am the mayor of a rural village, so they are more pragmatic people”she explains.