Katrin Hugendubel is advocacy director at ILGA-Europe.
- Katrin Hugendubel
- Politico
The appointment of Petra De Sutter as Belgium’s deputy prime minister — the first out transgender minister in Europe — is a milestone.
But what is perhaps even more meaningful is that it’s a milestone that went almost unremarked upon in today’s headlines.
De Sutter has always been open about her trans identity and has never sought to hide that fact in her political career. Still, it was always clear that she is so much more than…