Petra De Sutter made history Thursday with her appointment as Belgium’s new deputy prime minister, making her the highest-ranking transgender politician in Europe. De Sutter has previously broken new ...

Green MEP Petra De Sutter will become deputy prime minister in the new Belgian government, Green party leader Meyrem Almaci said Thursday. De Sutter will also oversee Belgium's public administration ...

Belgium’s new deputy prime minister, Petra De Sutter, knows why she is being interviewed. “If I were not a transgender woman, you would not be sitting here, right?” she says, smiling. “But ideally, ...

Petra De Sutter, Belgium’s deputy prime minister from the Greens, called on the country’s government to sanction Israel on Wednesday. “It is time for sanctions against Israel. The bombing is inhumane, ...

Katrin Hugendubel is advocacy director at ILGA-Europe. The appointment of Petra De Sutter as Belgium’s deputy prime minister — the first out transgender minister in Europe — is a milestone. But what ...

The first transgender politician to reach high office in Belgium has been attacked online by a far-right politician just days after she was appointed. Vice Premier Petra De Sutter, 57, of the Green ...

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