A transgender woman was elected Saturday morning mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (North) by the municipal council of this village of 550 inhabitants, composed only of members of her list, she announced to AFP, confirming a Northern Voice information .
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Marie Cau, 55, "is to my knowledge the first transgender person to be elected mayor in France," Stéphanie Nicot, co-founder of the National Transgender Association (ANT), told AFP, adding that "people have could go under the radars, not make it public ”.
Engineer, holder of a diploma of agricultural technician, of a BTS in Horticultural and passed by the army before "reconverting in data processing" , Marie Cau was elected with 14 votes and a null vote. In the March 15 poll, the candidates on its list obtained between 63.5 and 73.1% of the vote, the voter turnout standing at 67.9%.