{"id":1977,"date":"2014-02-24T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/call-me-cate"},"modified":"2014-02-24T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T09:53:11","slug":"call-me-cate","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/call-me-cate","title":{"rendered":"Call me Cate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Story has just screened an excellent interview with Cate McGregor .<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/austory\/<\/p>\n<p>\nDON'T MISS IT - it is on iView.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/iview\/#\/series\/1514564<\/p>\n<p>The introduction by Tony Abbott  was just amazing. Cate is a very special person - but the acceptance she has should be an inspiration to us all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bbcode_quote\">\n<div class=\"bbcode_quote_head\">Quote:<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbcode_quote_body\">Introduced by the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott<\/p>\n<p>Lt Col. Cate McGregor AM has been a participant in some of the most significant chapters in recent Australian history.<\/p>\n<p>She has been a political strategist for both the ALP and the Liberal Party.<\/p>\n<p>In her current role as a senior Army officer, she wrote last year's landmark speech by the Chief of the Army David Morrison which went viral around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she is the most high profile individual in Australia to 'come out' as a transgendered person.<\/p>\n<p>When, after decades of private struggle, Malcolm finally decided to become Cate she was 'terrified' about the likely reaction from friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Abbott, Army Chief David Morrison, Liberal pollster Mark Textor and political journalist Barrie Cassidy are among a range of high profile individuals who speak candidly about Cate's transformation and its impact on them<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","topic-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1977","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-tag?post=1977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}