Anna Grodzka
Anna Grodzka is a Polish politician. Grodzka, a trans woman, 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. In June 2014, Anna Grodzka joined Poland's Green Party.
She was the third openly transgender member of a national parliament worldwide, after Georgina Beyer and Vladimir Luxuria. She was believed to be the only remaining transgender member of parliament until Nikki Sinclaire outed herself in November 2013.Biography
Grodzka was born in 1954 at Otwock, near Warsaw. Before openly transitioning, she was married and had a son. She transitioned in 2009 after divorcing in 2007.
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.
