This is sad news that our colleagues from Télésambre relayed on Tuesday evening. Philippine Dhanis, a former parliamentary assistant, died suddenly. She has always asserted her difference to the point of becoming a symbol in the fight for better inclusion of transgender people.
In 2008, she became secretary of the MR section of Thuin then joined the cabinet of Olivier Chastel before standing for the legislative elections of 2019. Following her political career, she reoriented herself in transport to become a heavyweight driver. heavy.
On social networks, tributes abound and the surprise is great.