Anna Grodzka Explained

Anna Grodzka
Office:	Member of the Sejm
Constituency:	13 – Kraków
Term Start:	November 2011
Term End:	12 November 2015
Birth Date:	16 March 1954
Birth Place:	Otwock, Poland
Nationality:	Polish
Children:	1

Anna Grodzka (born 16 March 1954) is a Polish politician. A trans woman, she was elected to the Sejm in the 2011 Polish parliamentary elections as a candidate for the left-liberal Palikot's Movement, and was the first openly transgender Member of Parliament in Poland,^[1] and the third openly transgender member of a national parliament worldwide, after Georgina Beyer (in office 1999–2005) and Vladimir Luxuria (2006–2008). She was believed to be the only remaining transgender member of parliament^[2] until Nikki Sinclaire (in office 2009–2015) outed herself in November 2013.

In June 2014, Anna Grodzka joined Poland's Green Party^[3] but left a year later. In 2019, she became a member of PPS, which she also left soon after criticizing the party's chairman.^{[4] [5]}

Biography

Grodzka was born in 1954 at Otwock, near Warsaw. Before openly transitioning, she was married (wife: Grażyna) and had a son. She transitioned in 2009 after divorcing in 2007.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Grodzka was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party at Warsaw University and a political instructor in the Polish Union of Students. Later on she was an entrepreneur and worked in publishing, print industry, and filmmaking.

In 2008, she co-founded and became the first president of the Trans-Fuzja Foundation, which works to improve the living conditions of transgender people in Poland and support them and their relatives through the transition process. The foundation offers psychological support and provides legal advice for judicial gender reassignment and other legal aspects of transition.^[10]

External links

• (Polish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anna Grodzka Becomes Poland's First Openly Transgender Member Of Parliament . . 11 October 2011 . 16 May 2014 . 17 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115016/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/anna-grodzka-transgender-politician_n_1004840.html . live .
2. Web site: As the world's only transgender MP, I want to ensure our voices are heard . The Guardian

   Comment is Free

   . 17 May 2013 . Anna . Grodzka . 11 December 2016 . 6 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161206205455/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/17/transgender-mp-voices-heard . live .
3. http://www.rp.pl/artykul/10,1121383-Anna-Grodzka-odchodzi-z-Twojego-Ruchu.html "Anna Grodzka odchodzi z Twojego Ruchu"
4. https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2168595,1,nieczarzasci-czyli-buntownicy-z-lewicy-kim-sa-czego-chca.read "Nieczarzaści, czyli buntownicy z lewicy. Kim są, czego chcą?" (in Polish)
5. https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/8316414,anna-grodzka-wojciech-konieczny-pps.html "Anna Grodzka: Domagam się usunięcia Koniecznego z funkcji przewodniczącego PPS" (in Polish)
6. Krakowski test tolerancji . Leszek . Konarski . . Polish . 39/2011 . 11 October 2011 . 2 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402211751/http://www.przeglad-tygodnik.pl/pl/artykul/krakowski-test-tolerancji . live .
7. Web site: To nie moje ciało . kobiecyporadnik.pl . Polish . 11 October 2011 . 13 January 2013 . https://archive.today/20130113150100/http://kobiecyporadnik.pl/kat,1026343,title,To-nie-moje-cialo,wid,13114218,reportaz.html?smjtticaid=6d2ed . live .
8. Web site: Skazana na płeć . . 12 April 2010 . Piotr . Pacewicz . Polish . 11 October 2011 . 22 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052456/http://kobieta.gazeta.pl/kobieta/1,107880,7745030,Skazana_na_plec.html . live .
9. Web site: Poland swears in first transsexual and gay MPs . . 8 November 2011 . 22 November 2011 . 10 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110145814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15630789 . live .
10. Web site: Transfuzja mission statement. 5 June 2021. Transfuzja.