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'''Gemma Hickey''' is a Canadian LGBT rights activist and author. | {{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" /> | |||
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| occupation=Author and activist | |||
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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> | |||
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> | 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> | ||
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. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||