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    '''Maria Munir''' is a public speaker and human rights defender who speaks out on a range of discrimination issues, including transgender rights and [[Discrimination against nonbinary gender people|nonbinary discrimination]].  
    '''Maria Munir''' is a public speaker and human rights defender who speaks out on a range of discrimination issues, including transgender rights and [[Discrimination against nonbinary gender people|nonbinary discrimination]].  


    In April 2016, Munir [[Coming out|came out]] as nonbinary on live television at a question and answer session with former US President Barack Obama during his state visit to the United Kingdom. The decision to declare their nonbinary identity publicly gained significant media discussion of [[nonbinary rights]] and Munir was interviewed about their views on the subject by The Guardian, Channel 4, The Telegraph and others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/|title=Why I came out as non-binary to Barack Obama|last=Munir|first=Maria|date=2016-04-27|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/now-or-never-says-student-who-came-out-as-non-binary-to-obama|title=I thought it's now or never, says student who came out as non-binary to Obama|first=Nadia|last=Khomami|date=24 April 2016|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Channel 4 News|title=Maria Munir on life in non-binary|date=2016-04-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-L3UKIj50|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transgender-non-binary-lgbtq-gender-equality-obama-a6997866.html|title=Transgender campaigner calls out Barack Obama on LGBTQ progress|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/23/obama-talks-diplomacy-social-change-at-london-youth-town-hall.html|title=Obama hears youth leaders' concerns about LGBT rights, Brexit at British town hall|work=The Star|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brave-gender-equality-campaigner-breaks-7816140|title=Brave gender equality campaigner reveals deeply personal secret to Barack Obama|last=Mullin|first=Gemma|date=2016-04-23|work=mirror|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref>
    In April 2016, Munir [[Coming out|came out]] as nonbinary on live television at a question and answer session with former US President Barack Obama during his state visit to the United Kingdom. The decision to declare their nonbinary identity publicly gained significant media discussion of [[nonbinary rights]] and Munir was interviewed about their views on the subject by The Guardian, Channel 4, The Telegraph and others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/|title=Why I came out as non-binary to Barack Obama|last=Munir|first=Maria|date=2016-04-27|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423204218/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/why-i-came-out-as-non-binary-to-barack-obama/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/now-or-never-says-student-who-came-out-as-non-binary-to-obama|title=I thought it's now or never, says student who came out as non-binary to Obama|first=Nadia|last=Khomami|date=24 April 2016|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323155925/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/now-or-never-says-student-who-came-out-as-non-binary-to-obama|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Channel 4 News|title=Maria Munir on life in non-binary|date=2016-04-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-L3UKIj50|access-date=2018-07-25}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20210102223845/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-L3UKIj50 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transgender-non-binary-lgbtq-gender-equality-obama-a6997866.html|title=Transgender campaigner calls out Barack Obama on LGBTQ progress|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028061912/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/transgender-non-binary-lgbtq-gender-equality-obama-a6997866.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/23/obama-talks-diplomacy-social-change-at-london-youth-town-hall.html|title=Obama hears youth leaders' concerns about LGBT rights, Brexit at British town hall|work=The Star|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410083524/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/23/obama-talks-diplomacy-social-change-at-london-youth-town-hall.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brave-gender-equality-campaigner-breaks-7816140|title=Brave gender equality campaigner reveals deeply personal secret to Barack Obama|last=Mullin|first=Gemma|date=2016-04-23|work=mirror|access-date=2018-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108092045/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brave-gender-equality-campaigner-breaks-7816140|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


    Munir has campaigned so that the UK Equality Act 2010 extend its provisions to nonbinary individuals. Approximately 250,000 people are not recognized by this act.<ref name="shortlisted">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2016/10/22/york-student-shortlisted-for-human-rights-award/|title=York student shortlisted for human rights award|last=Banks|first=Elliott|date=2016-10-22|work=Nouse|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
    Munir has campaigned so that the UK Equality Act 2010 extend its provisions to nonbinary individuals. Approximately 250,000 people are not recognized by this act.<ref name="shortlisted">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2016/10/22/york-student-shortlisted-for-human-rights-award/|title=York student shortlisted for human rights award|last=Banks|first=Elliott|date=2016-10-22|work=Nouse|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230457/https://nouse.co.uk/2016/10/22/york-student-shortlisted-for-human-rights-award|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


    Munir was born with unilateral [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_palsy facial palsy] across the left side of their face.<ref name="challenging"/> They created a poster campaign highlighting the symptoms of facial palsy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fixers.org.uk/news/11699-11208/facial-palsy-awareness.php|title=Facial Palsy Awareness|website=www.fixers.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> and worked with Fixers UK to broadcast a segment on the television program ''Calendar'' on ITV Tyne Tees about the effects of the condition,<ref>{{Citation|last=Fixers UK|title=Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Calendar, June 2014|date=2014-06-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf-1xp25nt4|accessdate=2018-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Fixers UK|title=Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Tyne Tees, June 2014|date=2014-06-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-mym_CYuI|accessdate=2018-05-21}}</ref> and addressed a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine in October 2015, to an audience of paediatricians and other professionals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/events-listing/2015-2016/sections/paediatrics-child-health-section/pdg02-patients-and-families-as-the-new-educators.aspx|title=Patients and families as the new educators|website=www.rsm.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref>
    Munir was born with unilateral [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_palsy facial palsy] across the left side of their face.<ref name="challenging"/> They created a poster campaign highlighting the symptoms of facial palsy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fixers.org.uk/news/11699-11208/facial-palsy-awareness.php|title=Facial Palsy Awareness|website=www.fixers.org.uk|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812173921/https://www.fixers.org.uk/news/11699-11208/facial-palsy-awareness.php|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> and worked with Fixers UK to broadcast a segment on the television program ''Calendar'' on ITV Tyne Tees about the effects of the condition,<ref>{{Citation|last=Fixers UK|title=Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Calendar, June 2014|date=2014-06-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf-1xp25nt4|accessdate=2018-05-21}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20210929172206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf-1xp25nt4 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Fixers UK|title=Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Tyne Tees, June 2014|date=2014-06-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-mym_CYuI|accessdate=2018-05-21}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20141016075428/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-mym_CYuI Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and addressed a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine in October 2015, to an audience of paediatricians and other professionals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/events-listing/2015-2016/sections/paediatrics-child-health-section/pdg02-patients-and-families-as-the-new-educators.aspx|title=Patients and families as the new educators|website=www.rsm.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041744/https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/events-listing/2015-2016/sections/paediatrics-child-health-section/pdg02-patients-and-families-as-the-new-educators.aspx|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


    ==Political career==
    ==Political career==
    Munir has been an active member of the Liberal Democrats, standing as a council candidate in their home town of Watford in the 2016 Watford Borough Council election. They stood in the Vicarage ward, a Labour Party stronghold, coming fourth with 279 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watford.gov.uk/info/20248/elections_and_voting/515/elections_results/8|title=Watford Borough Ward 2016 results|website=www.watford.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> Munir campaigned for Sal Brinton's election as the Party Chair,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://salbrinton.co.uk/en/page/supporters|title=Supporters|work=Sal Brinton|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> and co-wrote the ''Your Liberal Britain'' strategy for the Liberal Democrats in September 2017 with Elaine Bagshaw, Duncan Brack, Rory Freckleton, Lee Howgate, Scott Smith, and Stephen Tall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://liberalbritain.org/vision-statement/|title=Writing our Vision Statement {{!}} Your Liberal Britain|website=liberalbritain.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.markpack.org.uk/files/2017/09/Your-Liberal-Britain-vision-statement-for-the-Liberal-Democrats.pdf|title=Your Liberal Britain: Your Vision for Liberal Britain|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref>
    Munir has been an active member of the Liberal Democrats, standing as a council candidate in their home town of Watford in the 2016 Watford Borough Council election. They stood in the Vicarage ward, a Labour Party stronghold, coming fourth with 279 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.watford.gov.uk/info/20248/elections_and_voting/515/elections_results/8|title=Watford Borough Ward 2016 results|website=www.watford.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603092055/https://www.watford.gov.uk/info/20248/elections_and_voting/515/elections_results/8|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Munir campaigned for Sal Brinton's election as the Party Chair,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://salbrinton.co.uk/en/page/supporters|title=Supporters|work=Sal Brinton|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615043529/https://salbrinton.co.uk/en/page/supporters|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> and co-wrote the ''Your Liberal Britain'' strategy for the Liberal Democrats in September 2017 with Elaine Bagshaw, Duncan Brack, Rory Freckleton, Lee Howgate, Scott Smith, and Stephen Tall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://liberalbritain.org/vision-statement/|title=Writing our Vision Statement {{!}} Your Liberal Britain|website=liberalbritain.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914052612/http://liberalbritain.org:80/vision-statement/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.markpack.org.uk/files/2017/09/Your-Liberal-Britain-vision-statement-for-the-Liberal-Democrats.pdf|title=Your Liberal Britain: Your Vision for Liberal Britain|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref>


    == Awards ==
    == Awards ==
    In 2016 Munir was shortlisted for the Christine Jackson award by the advocacy group Liberty for their work highlighting the inequality which exists in UK law relating to nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights-awards-2016-shortlist|title=Human Rights Awards 2016: Shortlist|last=sarahdaly|date=2016-10-13|website=Liberty Human Rights|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref><ref name="shortlisted"/> They were also named as one of 8 Girls' Champions as part of the BBC's 100 Women series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/maria-munir-chosen-as-girls-champion-for-bbcs-100-women-52605.html|title=Maria Munir chosen as Girls’ Champion for BBC’s 100 Women|work=Liberal Democrat Voice|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mariamunir.com/about/|title=About|date=2014-05-26|work=Maria Munir|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
    In 2016 Munir was shortlisted for the Christine Jackson award by the advocacy group Liberty for their work highlighting the inequality which exists in UK law relating to nonbinary people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights-awards-2016-shortlist|title=Human Rights Awards 2016: Shortlist|last=sarahdaly|date=2016-10-13|website=Liberty Human Rights|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804131003/https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights-awards-2016-shortlist|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="shortlisted"/> They were also named as one of 8 Girls' Champions as part of the BBC's 100 Women series.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/maria-munir-chosen-as-girls-champion-for-bbcs-100-women-52605.html|title=Maria Munir chosen as Girls’ Champion for BBC’s 100 Women|work=Liberal Democrat Voice|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527235430/https://www.libdemvoice.org/maria-munir-chosen-as-girls-champion-for-bbcs-100-women-52605.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mariamunir.com/about/|title=About|date=2014-05-26|work=Maria Munir|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411103811/https://mariamunir.com/about/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


    ==Links==
    ==Links==

    Revision as of 14:09, 17 July 2023

    Maria Munir
    Munir in 2018
    Place of birth Watford, UK
    Nationality British
    Pronouns they/them[1]
    Occupation public speaker/activist

    Maria Munir is a public speaker and human rights defender who speaks out on a range of discrimination issues, including transgender rights and nonbinary discrimination.

    In April 2016, Munir came out as nonbinary on live television at a question and answer session with former US President Barack Obama during his state visit to the United Kingdom. The decision to declare their nonbinary identity publicly gained significant media discussion of nonbinary rights and Munir was interviewed about their views on the subject by The Guardian, Channel 4, The Telegraph and others.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

    Munir has campaigned so that the UK Equality Act 2010 extend its provisions to nonbinary individuals. Approximately 250,000 people are not recognized by this act.[8]

    Munir was born with unilateral facial palsy across the left side of their face.[1] They created a poster campaign highlighting the symptoms of facial palsy,[9] and worked with Fixers UK to broadcast a segment on the television program Calendar on ITV Tyne Tees about the effects of the condition,[10][11] and addressed a conference of the Royal Society of Medicine in October 2015, to an audience of paediatricians and other professionals.[12]

    Political career

    Munir has been an active member of the Liberal Democrats, standing as a council candidate in their home town of Watford in the 2016 Watford Borough Council election. They stood in the Vicarage ward, a Labour Party stronghold, coming fourth with 279 votes.[13] Munir campaigned for Sal Brinton's election as the Party Chair,[14] and co-wrote the Your Liberal Britain strategy for the Liberal Democrats in September 2017 with Elaine Bagshaw, Duncan Brack, Rory Freckleton, Lee Howgate, Scott Smith, and Stephen Tall.[15][16]

    Awards

    In 2016 Munir was shortlisted for the Christine Jackson award by the advocacy group Liberty for their work highlighting the inequality which exists in UK law relating to nonbinary people.[17][8] They were also named as one of 8 Girls' Champions as part of the BBC's 100 Women series.[18][19]

    Links

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Challenging Obama Was My Greatest Challenge". HuffPost UK. 2016-05-06. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
    2. ↑ Munir, Maria (2016-04-27). "Why I came out as non-binary to Barack Obama". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
    3. ↑ Khomami, Nadia (24 April 2016). "I thought it's now or never, says student who came out as non-binary to Obama". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
    4. ↑ Channel 4 News (2016-04-23), Maria Munir on life in non-binary, retrieved 2018-07-25 Archived on 17 July 2023
    5. ↑ "Transgender campaigner calls out Barack Obama on LGBTQ progress". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
    6. ↑ "Obama hears youth leaders' concerns about LGBT rights, Brexit at British town hall". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
    7. ↑ Mullin, Gemma (2016-04-23). "Brave gender equality campaigner reveals deeply personal secret to Barack Obama". mirror. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Banks, Elliott (2016-10-22). "York student shortlisted for human rights award". Nouse. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
    9. ↑ "Facial Palsy Awareness". www.fixers.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    10. ↑ Fixers UK (2014-06-06), Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Calendar, June 2014, retrieved 2018-05-21 CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Archived on 17 July 2023
    11. ↑ Fixers UK (2014-06-23), Fixers Facial Palsy Story on ITV News Tyne Tees, June 2014, retrieved 2018-05-21 CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Archived on 17 July 2023
    12. ↑ "Patients and families as the new educators". www.rsm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    13. ↑ "Watford Borough Ward 2016 results". www.watford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    14. ↑ "Supporters". Sal Brinton. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    15. ↑ "Writing our Vision Statement | Your Liberal Britain". liberalbritain.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    16. ↑ "Your Liberal Britain: Your Vision for Liberal Britain" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-01-15.
    17. ↑ sarahdaly (2016-10-13). "Human Rights Awards 2016: Shortlist". Liberty Human Rights. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
    18. ↑ "Maria Munir chosen as Girls' Champion for BBC's 100 Women". Liberal Democrat Voice. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
    19. ↑ "About". Maria Munir. 2014-05-26. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
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