The New Zealand Parliament’s "Rabow Room" first opened more than ten years ago when then Speaker Hon Margaret Wilson approved the ditn of one of Parliament’s 11 select mtee meetg rooms to the natn’s gay, lbian, and trans-genr muny and to their ntributn to New Zealand society.
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- NEW ZEALAND APPOTS FIRST GAY DEPUTY PRIME MISTER, FEMALE MAORI FOREIGN MISTER
- JACDA ARRN APPOTS NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY PRIME MISTER
- THE UK’S PARLIAMENT IS STILL THE GAYT THE WORLD AFTER 2019 ELECTN
NEW ZEALAND APPOTS FIRST GAY DEPUTY PRIME MISTER, FEMALE MAORI FOREIGN MISTER
* gay nz members of parliament *
In the UK there are currently 45 openly gay members the 650-member Hoe of Commons, or 7 percent.
Natnal now has 35 members Parliament, none of which are openly gay.
JACDA ARRN APPOTS NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PUTY PRIME MISTER
Openly gay Labour MPs clu newly-elected Wellgton list MP Ayha Verrall and Northte MP Shanan Halbert. In 2009, Parliament named one of s 11 select mtee meetg rooms 'Rabow Room', dited to gay, lbian, and transgenr New Zealanrs. By parison, the Uned Kgdom - the former tle holr - has 45 openly gay members s 650-member Hoe of Commons, or 7 percent.
THE UK’S PARLIAMENT IS STILL THE GAYT THE WORLD AFTER 2019 ELECTN
When Tim Bart was elected to Parliament 1996, he was the only openly gay MP and jt the third the untry's history. "It was MMP was a new system, I was h to the stutn, one of the New Zealand First MPs said homophobic thgs his main speech so I had to addrs that.