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Panda Eriksson (born 1 March 1991)[1] is a Finnish nonbinary transgender activist.[2] They[3] were member of the board of directors of transgender organization Trasek from 2014 to 2020, including two years as chairperson, and founder and chair of Trans ry between 2020 and 2021.[4]
Eriksson is a Finland-Swede, and grew up in Kimitoön before moving to Turku.[5] They hold a bachelor's degree in cell biology and a master's in gender studies from Åbo Akademi University. In 2019, they began studying to be a nurse.[6][4]
Having served as chairperson of Trasek for two years,[4] Eriksson resigned from the position in 2020, and founded Trans ry shortly after.[7][8] During their tenure with Trans ry, the organization started the Oikeus olla ("Right to be") initiative in Finland, aiming to reform the Finnish legislation on change of gender marker. The initiative reached the 50,000 signatures required to be considered by Parliament the day after it started on 6 April 2021.[9] On 24 September 2022, they and Valo Vesikauris, who succeeded Eriksson as chair of Trans ry, formally delivered the initiative to the Finnish Parliament.[10]
In January 2022, Eriksson was elected to the county council of the wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland.[11][5] In April they told Helsingin Uutiset that activism had become a lesser part of their life as they wanted to "'only' be a nurse for a moment".[12]
References
edit- ^ Winberg, Charlotte (15 June 2022). "En härlig läsupplevelse är inte det viktigaste när Panda Eriksson ska utse vinnaren av Svenska Yles litteraturpris" [A wonderful reading experience is not the most important thing when Panda Eriksson chooses the winner of the Swedish Yle Literature Prize]. Svenska Yle (in Swedish).
- ^ Siltamäki, Tuija; Rissanen, Juha; Martti, Eemeli (28 April 2019). "Panda Eriksson kyseenalaisti ensin sukupuolensa ja sitten kaiken muun – Nyt hän taistelee niiden puolesta, jotka eivät itse siihen pysty" [Panda Eriksson first questioned her gender and then everything else - now she fights for those who can't]. Yle (in Finnish).
- ^ "@panda_eriksson" (Panda Eriksson) on Twitter
- ^ a b c Eriksson, Panda (25 March 2015). "CV". pandaeriksson.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b Lindroos, Ingemo (25 January 2022). "Svenskspråkiga gjorde ett gott val också utanför SFP – transpersonen Panda Eriksson knep sista mandatet" [Swedish speakers made a good choice also outside the SFP - trans person Panda Eriksson won the last mandate]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish).
- ^ Mäkinen, Terhi (30 December 2020). "Sairaanhoitajaksi opiskeleva Panda Eriksson: 'Sukupuolta ei tarvitse aina tietää'" [Nursing student Panda Eriksson: 'You don't always need to know your gender']. Tehy-lehti (in Finnish). Union of Health and Social Care Professionals – Tehy.
- ^ Montell, Sami (1 July 2020). "Transihmisille uusi järjestö" [New organisation for trans people]. QX (in Finnish).
- ^ Ekman, Johan (28 June 2020). "Nygrundad förening ska stärka transpersoners röst: 'Skällsord är så vanliga att man inte ens tänker på det i termer av stora ord som diskriminering'" [Newly founded association to strengthen the voice of trans people: 'Name-calling is so common that you don't even think of it in terms of big words like discrimination']. Svenska Yle (in Swedish).
- ^ Kajander, Riikka; Pitkäranta, Pilvi; Jääskeläinen, Kai (7 April 2021). "Kansalaisaloite translain uudistamisesta keräsi 50 000 kannattajaa vauhdilla – 'Emme osanneet edes unelmoida, että saavuttaisimme tämän määrän näin nopeasti', aloitteentekijä iloitsee" [Citizens' initiative on trans law reform reaches 50 000 supporters quickly - 'We didn't even dream we could reach this number so quickly', rejoices the initiator]. Yle (in Finnish).
- ^ "Medborgarinitiativ ges till riksdagen – vill att juridiska könet ska vara anmälningsärende" [Citizens' initiative submitted to Parliament - wants legal gender to be a matter of notification]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 2021.
- ^ Koskela, Miika; Tawast, Sofia; Savela, Sanna (24 January 2022). "22-vuotias uusi aluevaltuutettu mietti sote-asioita jo 14-vuotiaana, toinen nuori pääsi läpi 'kirjoittamalla muutaman somepostauksen'" [22-year-old new regional councillor was already thinking about social affairs at 14, another youngster got through 'by writing a few social media posts']. Yle (in Finnish).
- ^ Kangasniemi, Tomi (27 April 2022). "Muunsukupuolisuus hämmentää perinteiseen jakoon tottuneita – 'On vaikea hyväksyä, ettei mennäkään jonkinlaisen janan toiseen päähän'" [Diversity confuses those used to the traditional divide - 'It's hard to accept not going to the other end of some kind of line']. Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish).