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LGBTQ+ activist Morgane Oger is seeking the federal NDP nomination in Vancouver Centre, signalling a potential historic first for transgender people in Canadian politics.

The vice-president of the B.C. NDP is running on a campaign of addressing climate change, human rights and improved access to health care.

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“I remember having to choose between filling a prescription and putting food on the table for my kids,” said Oger. “No Canadian should have to go through that.”

Oger, who immigrated to Canada from France as a teenager and had a successful career in the tech sector, became the face of transgender rights advocacy in the province when she lobbied for federal legislation banning discrimination based on gender identity.

She says she was driven to seek the nomination by “the alarming rise of hatred I’ve seen in Canada.”

Oger became the first transgender candidate to seek provincial office for a major political party when she ran for the B.C. NDP in 2017.