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'''Gemma Marie Hickey''' is a Canadian LGBT rights activist and author. 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}}</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/}}</ref>
'''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/}}</ref>


They are the founder of Pathways Foundation, which offers support to survivors of clergy abuse, and the Executive Director of For the Love of Learning, which helps at-risk youth through art.<ref name="mun._Facu">{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |author= |work=Memorial University of Newfoundland |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.mun.ca/hss/engagement/alumni/2015/february_gemma_hickey.php}}</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}}</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/}}</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 }}</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 }}</ref>


In late 2019 Gemma's memoir, ''Almost Feral'', was published.
In late 2019 Gemma's memoir, ''Almost Feral'', was published.<ref name="McNeil" />


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