Meet Gabrielle Bouchard, the first trans president of the Quebec Women's Federation
'My job is to represent all experiences, for all women in Quebec,' says new president
Gabrielle Bouchard was elected last month as president of the most prominent women's organization in the province, the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ).
In taking over the well-known institution, which has been around since 1966, Bouchard said her goals are to maintain the organization's mandate: equality for all women and equality between all women.
And while we have come far in addressing the former, Bouchard said society still struggles with the latter. Her own story is a shining example of that.
Prior to becoming president of the FFQ, she worked for more than a decade with Concordia University's Centre for Gender Advocacy as a trans advocate and public educator
Bouchard loves Dr. Who, country music and sci-fi audiobooks.
She enjoys the musical Wicked and her favourite female politician is Québec