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'''Gemma Hickey''' is a Canadian | {{Infobox person | ||
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| date_birth=October 1st, 1976 | |||
| place_birth=St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | |||
| nationality=Canadian | |||
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Tanaka" /> | |||
| gender=[[nonbinary]] | |||
| occupation=Author and activist | |||
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'''Gemma Marie Hickey''' is a Canadian activist and author. In 2015 they walked hundreds of kilometres across Newfoundland to raise awareness of and money for survivors of religious abuse. They are the founder of Pathways Foundation, which offers support to these survivors.<ref name="McNeil">{{Cite web |title=Baking and being non-binary in Atlantic Canada |last=McNeil |first=Robyn |work=The Journal Pioneer |date=20 August 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url=https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/now-atlantic/baking-and-being-non-binary-in-atlantic-canada-342722/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719131932/https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> | |||
They married Rebecca Rose in 2019 in a gender-neutral queer wedding ceremony.<ref name="salt_Well">{{Cite web |title=Well known LBGTQ2+ activist and Pathways NL founder weds Breakwater Books president in St. John's |last=Rose |first=Wendy |work=saltwire.com |date= |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/gemma-hickey-and-rebecca-rose-get-married-in-st-johns-328725/?location=corner-brook }}</ref> | In 2017, they became one of the first Canadians to receive an "X" sex marker on their [[birth certificate]]<ref name="Dearing">{{Cite web |title=X marks the spot: Gemma Hickey breaks new ground with gender-neutral birth certificate |first=Ramona|last= Dearing |work=CBC News |date=14 December 2017 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gemma-hickey-secures-gender-neutral-birth-certificate-1.4448562|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603081048/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gemma-hickey-secures-gender-neutral-birth-certificate-1.4448562 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and passport.<ref name="Tanaka">{{Cite web |title=Gender-neutral Canadian activist shows solidarity with Japan's LGBT communities |last=Tanaka |first=Chisato |work=The Japan Times |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/14/national/gender-neutral-canadian-activist-shows-solidarity-japans-lgbt-communities/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226045500/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/14/national/gender-neutral-canadian-activist-shows-solidarity-japans-lgbt-communities/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
They married Rebecca Rose in spring 2019 in a gender-neutral queer wedding ceremony.<ref name="salt_Well">{{Cite web |title=Well known LBGTQ2+ activist and Pathways NL founder weds Breakwater Books president in St. John's |last=Rose |first=Wendy |work=saltwire.com |date= |access-date=3 April 2020 |url= https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/gemma-hickey-and-rebecca-rose-get-married-in-st-johns-328725/?location=corner-brook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808211552/https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/gemma-hickey-and-rebecca-rose-get-married-in-st-johns-328725/?location=corner-brook |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
In late 2019 Gemma's memoir, ''Almost Feral'', was published.<ref name="McNeil" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Authors]] | |||
[[Category:Activists]] | [[Category:Activists]] | ||
[[Category:Canada]] | |||
[[Category:Nonbinary people]] | [[Category:Nonbinary people]] | ||
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