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

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

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

References

  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. 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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