Philippine Dhanis

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Philippine Dhanis
Born(1967-08-05)5 August 1967
Lobbes, Belgium
Died20 September 2022(2022-09-20) (aged 55)
Verlaine, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Politician
Parliamentary assistant

Philippine Dhanis (8 May 1967 – 20 September 2022) was a Belgian parliamentary assistant and politician of the Reformist Movement (MR). A transgender woman, she publicized her transition in 2017 and was a candidate in the 2019 Belgian federal election in Hainaut Province, without success.

Biography[edit]

Dhanis joined the Reformist Movement in 2007. The following year, she became secretary of the party's local office in Thuin, then president.[1] She then became assistant to Parliament of Wallonia member Yves Binon [fr] and joined the cabinet of Federal Minister for Budget and Administrative Simplification Olivier Chastel.[2]

Dhanis began her transition in 2016, aged 49.[3] With the agreement of her three children, she came out publicly in 2017.[4] Thanks to a change of transgender law in Belgium, her transition process was made easier.[2] She became parliamentary assistant to Jean-Jacques Flahaux [fr], who helped write the law.[5]

In 2018, Dhanis published her autobiography, Je suis transsexuelle et j'en fais pas une maladie, a testimony to the first two years of her transition.[6] She expressed her ambition to become the first transgender member of the Chamber of Representatives,[7][8] as Petra De Sutter was already a member of the Senate. She organized several conferences depicting her journey.[9]

In 2019, Dhanis was an MR candidate for the Chamber of Representatives in Hainaut Province. On a party list led by Denis Ducarme, she placed 15th out of 18 candidates.[10] During her campaign, she was the victim of several transphobic attacks.[11][12] That same year, she was the subject of a documentary by a journalism student at the Université catholique de Lille, which won multiple jury awards.[13][14] She then left the political world and became a truck driver.[15]

Philippine Dhanis died in Verlaine on 20 September 2022, at the age of 55.[16]

Publication[edit]

  • Je suis transsexuelle et j'en fais pas une maladie (2018)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Philippine Dhanis combat les préjugés avant le scrutin du 26 mai: "Je ne suis pas la transgenre de service"". La Dernière Heure (in French). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Albin, Didier (28 July 2018). "Philippine, un transgenre devenu officiellement femme". La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ Dehut, François (29 November 2018). "Thuin: elle veut devenir la 1ère députée transsexuelle". La Nouvelle Gazette (in French). Thuin. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ Borowiak, Christian (13 March 2017). "Thuin: après des années de mal-être, Philippe sera bientôt totalement Philippine". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Transexuels: le combat des MR J.-J.Flahaux et...Philippine Dhanis". La Nouvelle Gazette (in French). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Ecaussinnes: 24 mois de parcours transsexuel (+ vidéo)". La Nouvelle Gazette (in French). 20 March 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ Albin, Dider (24 June 2018). "Philippine veut se battre dans l'hémicycle pour le droit à la différence". Le Soir (in French). Hainaut. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ^ Albin, Didier (28 August 2018). "Thuin: transgenre, Philippine revendique le droit à l'indifférence". L'Avenir (in French). Thuin. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Thuin: "J'ai vécu 49 ans dans le mauvais corps..."". La Nouvelle Gazette (in French). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ^ Albin, Didier (26 April 2019). "Une candidate transgenre sur la liste MR en Hainaut". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ Van Kasteel, Jean (21 March 2019). "Philippe Dhanis: "Je veux devenir la première députée transsexuelle de Belgique"". La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ^ Della Mora, Marie-Gabrielle (27 March 2021). "Philippine Dhanis : "la société devient plus inclusive, mais il y aura toujours des "imbéciles""". La Dernière Heure (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ^ Bonnet, Olympe (29 October 2019). "Lille. Caroline a été primée pour son documentaire mettant en avant une femme politique transgenre". Actu.fr (in French). Lille. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Un documentaire sur une femme politique transgenre présenté en avant-première". La Voix du Nord (in French). Lens. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Triste nouvelle, Philippine Dhanis est décédée subitement mardi soir". belgium.dayfr.com (in French). 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  16. ^ Dévière, Loïc (21 September 2022). "Philippine Dhanis, bien connue dans l'entité de Thuin, est décédée". La Meuse (in French). Charleroi. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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